Patients admitted to the intensive care unit with criteria of systemic inflammatory response syndrome had a more severe oxidative stress than patients without this syndrome.

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Plasma redox status relates to severity in critically ill patients. We propose that it would be reasonable to provide antioxidant therapy as part of routine management of patients admitted to a mixed ICU, regardless of the specific reason for ICU admission. Plasma redox status might become useful to evaluate the risk in critically ill patients.

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