Long-term follow-up of cardiac arrest survivors: Protocol of the DESAC (Devenir des survivants d'Arrets Cardiaques) study, a French multicentric prospective cohort.

Background: While the short-term prognosis of cardiac arrest patients - nearly 250,000 new cases per year in Europe - has been extensively studied, less is known regarding the mid and long-term outcome of survivors.

Objective: The aim of the DESAC study is to describe mid- and long-term survival rate and functional status of cardiac arrest survivors, and to assess the influence of pre and intra hospital therapeutic strategies on these two outcomes.

Methods: Between Jul 2015 and Oct 2018, adult patients over 18 years who were discharged alive from any intensive care units (public and private hospitals) in the Ile-de-France area (Paris and suburbs, France) after a non-traumatic cardiac arrest were screened for participation in this multicentric study.

C-Nail® locking nail versus conventional plate for thalamic calcaneal fractures.

Background: Surgery for displaced intra-articular calcaneal fractures (DIACFs) is often followed by skin complications that adversely impacts the functional outcomes. Minimally invasive techniques have been developed to decrease the risk of skin complications. The objective of this study was to compare C-Nail® locking-nail fixation to conventional plate fixation for DIACFs.

Identifying early indicators of secondary peritonitis in critically ill patients with cirrhosis.

Ascitic fluid infection (AFI) is a life-threatening complication of cirrhosis. We aimed to identify early indicators of secondary peritonitis (SP), which requires emergency surgery, and to describe the outcomes of SP and spontaneous bacterial/fungal peritonitis (SBFP). Adults with cirrhosis and AFI admitted to 16 university or university-affiliated ICUs in France between 2002 and 2017 were studied retrospectively.

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation network organisation and clinical outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic in Greater Paris, France: a multicentre cohort study.

Background: In the Île-de-France region (henceforth termed Greater Paris), extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) was considered early in the COVID-19 pandemic. We report ECMO network organisation and outcomes during the first wave of the pandemic.

Methods: In this multicentre cohort study, we present an analysis of all adult patients with laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection and severe ARDS requiring ECMO who were admitted to 17 Greater Paris intensive care units between March 8 and June 3, 2020.