Objective: To study the clinical value of serum heparin binding protein (HBP), neopterin (neopterin) and ubiquitin specific protease 13 (USP13) in predicting the clinical outcome of patients with sepsis. Methods: 157 patients with sepsis who were admitted to our hospital from June 2021 to June 2023 were selected, and patients were divided into non-shock group (n=93) and shock group (n=64) according to whether septic shock occurred, the levels of serum HBP, neopterin and USP13 were compared between two groups. The 28 d mortality of 157 patients with sepsis were counted, the data of death group and survival group and the levels of serum HBP, neopterin and USP13 were compared, the influencing factors of 28 d death in patients with sepsis upon admission were analyzed by multivariate Logistic regression model, the predictive value of serum HBP, neopterin and USP13 of 28 d death in patients with sepsis upon admission were analyzed by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve. Results: Compared with non-shock group, the serum HBP and neopterin in shock group were significantly increased (P<0.05), and the serum USP13 was significantly decreased (P<0.05). 157 patients with sepsis admitted for 28 d and 47 deaths, with an incidence of 29.94%. Compared with survival group, the acute physiology and chronic health status score II (APACHE-II), the proportion of complicated with diabetes mellitus, sequential organ failure assessment score (SOFA), HBP and neopterin in death group were significantly increased (P<0.05), and serum USP13 was significantly decreased (P<0.05). Multivariate Logistic regression analysis showed that, elevated APACHE II score, elevated SOFA score, complicated with diabetes mellitus, elevated HBP, elevated neopterin and decreased USP13 were risk factors for 28 d death in patients with sepsis upon admission (P<0.05). ROC curve showed that, the area under the curve (AUC) (95%CI) of serum HBP, neopterin, USP13, HBP+neopterin, neopterin+USP13, HBP+USP13, HBP+neopterin+USP13 for predicting 28 d death in patients with sepsis upon admission were 0.722(0.627~0.818), 0.768(0.691~0.844), 0.647(0.547~0.747), 0.849(0.779~0.919), 0.845(0.780~0.910), 0.832(0.755~0.910), 0.923(0.876~0.969), the combined prediction efficiency of HBP+neopterin+USP13 was significantly better than that of single or two tests (P<0.05). Conclusion: High levels of serum HBP, neopterin, and low levels of serum USP13 are associate with 28 d death and septic shock in patients with sepsis, Detection of serum HBP, neopterin combine with USP13 can effectively predict 28 d death in patients with sepsis upon admission. |