The Anticipated Organ Donation Approach Increases the Number of Organ Donors.

Objective: Deficiency of organs for transplantation is a significant public health issue. French learned societies accept intensive care unit admission for patients with catastrophic neurological prognosis to optimize organs prior to probable brain death. We evaluated the implementation of a specific ethical care procedure for these patients.

ABO blood type and functional neurological outcome in patients with severe traumatic brain injury.

Background: The ABO blood system has been involved in the pathogenesis of several diseases, including coagulopathy and bleeding complications. In trauma patients, blood type A has been associated with acute respiratory distress syndrome, and recently, blood type O has been associated with all-cause mortality. The purpose of this study was to assess the association between ABO blood types and long-term functional outcomes in critically ill patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Trauma centre admissions for traumatic brain injury in France: One-year epidemiological analysis of prospectively collected data.

Introduction: In France, there is a lack of recent data on Traumatic brain injury (TBI), remaining a major global health challenge in terms of morbidity and mortality. The present study reports the epidemiology and the factors associated with mortality of patients with TBI admitted to 9 French trauma centres.

Method: Patients ≥ 15 years old admitted, between the 1 of January and the 31 of December 2017, following TBI (Abbreviated Injury Scale head ≥ 2) were included.

Prioritisation of ICU treatments for critically ill patients in a COVID-19 pandemic with scarce resources.

Background: Relying on capacity increases and patient transfers to deal with the huge and continuous inflow of COVID-19 critically ill patients is a strategy limited by finite human and logistical resources.

Rationale: Prioritising both critical care initiation and continuation is paramount to save the greatest number of lives. It enables to allocate scarce resources in priority to those with the highest probability of benefiting from them.