
Predicting ICU Mortality in ARDS Patients
Acute Respiratory Distress SyndromeThe investigators are planning to perform a secondary analysis of an academic dataset of 1,303 patients with moderate-to-severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) included in several published cohorts (NCT00736892, NCT02288949, NCT02836444, NCT03145974), aimed to characterize the best early model to predict duration of mechanical ventilation and mortality in the intensive care unit (ICU) after ARDS diagnosis using machine learning approaches.

Teduglutide in Short Bowel Syndrome Patients
Short Bowel SyndromeA retrospective analysis was performed using data of patients suffering from non-malignant SBS-IF. They were treated with teduglutide in a multidisciplinary SBS-IF program at a single university medical center between June 2016 and June 2020.

Reperfusion Syndrome and Vasoplegic Syndrome in Liver Transplant Surgery
Postperfusion SyndromeThe incidence of postreperfusion syndrome (PRS) and vasoplegic syndrome (VS) is unknown, and occasionally can be confused since these syndromes share some hemodynamic characteristics. In these cases, monitoring with Swan Ganz catheter may be useful to make the differential diagnosis. The main outcome was to analyze reperfusion syndrome and vasoplegic syndrome in patients receiving vasoactive support during liver transplant surgery, in terms of incidence, risk factors and postoperative complications.

Pupillometry in Horner's Syndrome
Horner's SyndromeStroke1 moreHorner's syndrome (HS) is a result of interruption of the sympathetic innervation to the eye and ocular adnexa, which can occur due to carotid artery dissection (CAD), along which the sympathetic nerve fibers travel to reach the eye. Dissection of the carotid artery is one of the etiologies for ischemic stroke in young patients. In our current study, we will explore the diagnostic accuracy of automated binocular pupillometry in the diagnosis or HS, and its potential in identifying dissection of the carotid artery in patients of young age who suffer ischemic stroke.

Neutrophil Elastase and Elafin as Prognostic Biomarker for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Acute Respiratory Distress SyndromeARDSThe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), characterized by alveolar flooding with protein-rich pulmonary edema fluid, is one of the most common disease in the intensive care unit (ICU) throughout the world. In recent years, much effort has been focused on the biological markers for their potential values to diagnose ARDS and outcomes. ARDS is generally accompanied by the disruption in alveolar-capillary barrier permeability, which subsequently caused an influx of neutrophils into the interstitium and alveolar space. It was reported that the aggregation, adhesion activation and release proteases of neutrophils are the key pathogenesis of ARDS pulmonary edema. Neutrophil Elastase (HNE), the most crucial protease generated in neutrophil azurophilic granules, plays an important role in various inflammations, especially the lung injury. The destructive action of HNE on almost all extracellular matrix influences cell signaling through cleavage of surface receptors. Once released in circulation, HNE is rapidly inactivated by conjugation with PI3. This local inhibitor reduces HNE mediated tissue injury and inflammation. Thus, the investigators plan to conduct a cohort study with repeated measures to examine the diagnostic and prognostic value of HNE and PI3 for ARDS.

GALNT4 in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome
Acute Coronary SyndromeThe expression of GALNT4 in blood with acute coronary syndrome

The Prognostic Value of PGF and sFlt1 Variations Induced by the First Low-molecular-weight-heparin...
Antiphospholipid SyndromeThe primary objective of this study is to evaluate plasmatic concentrations of free PGF and sFlt1 for blood samples taken before a first low-molecular-weight-heparin injection and also for blood samples taken on the 4th day of injections (the latter correspond to the first systematic control of platelet counts) in women who have an obstetric antiphospholipid antibody syndrome and who are initiating a new pregnancy with recommended treatment. Our goal is to test the prognostic value of these data on the occurrence of: pregnancy loss categorized as embryonic loss (before 10 weeks gestation), fetal death (before 20 weeks gestation), stillbirths (from 20 weeks gestation to delivery), and neonatal death defined before reaching 28 days of age. ischemic placental pathology (pre-eclampsia, retro-placental hematoma, birth of a small-for-gestational-age infant)

Epidemiology of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Chinese ICUs
Acute Respiratory Distress SyndromeThe acute respiratory distress syndrome(ARDS)has a high morbidity and mortality in patients admitted to intensive care units(ICUs). It represents a significant public health issue. No large nationwide, multicenters study of ARDS has been conducted in China. The purposes of this study are to analyse: 1)the incidence and outcomes of ARDS in ICU; 2) factors associated the mortality ; and 3) risk factors for development of ARDS .

Mersey Acute Coronary Syndrome Rule-Out Using High Sensitive Troponin
Acute Coronary SyndromeAngina Pectoris9 moreThe aim of this observational study is twofold. The primary hypothesis being tested is that initial(first) high sensitivity Tn <5ng/l (limit of detection) combined with an ECG with no ischaemic changes is superior as an accelerated diagnostic tool/strategy compared to TIMI score (<2), GRACE <75 and HEART score ≤ 3. (Hs tn T- Roche elecsys HS tn T) and also against HS troponin at the 99th percentile (<15ng/l with nonischaemic changes)- again all scored with initial (first tn ) only. The second aim is to directly compare the three established methods of risk stratifying patients (predicting risk in suspected heart attacks) namely, the Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE), Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) and HEART score in the era of high sensitivity troponins performs best.

Measurement of Body Composition by Air Displacement Plethysmography in Pediatric Intestinal Failure...
Short Bowel SyndromeThis study will determine if air-displacement plethysmography (ADP) provides accurate measurement of body composition (percent body fat and fat-free mass) in pediatric patients with intestinal failure, as compared to body composition measured by alternative standard methods, including deuterium dilution, bioimpedance analysis (BIA), dual x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) when clinically indicated, and routine anthropometric measurements.