Does Atrial Fibrillation Deteriorate the Prognosis in Patients With Septic or Cardiogenic Shock?

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with increased risk of mortality in various clinical conditions. However, the prognostic role of preexisting and new-onset AF in critically ill patients, such as patients with septic or cardiogenic shock remains unclear. This study investigates the prognostic impact of preexisting and new-onset AF on 30-day all-cause mortality in patients with septic or cardiogenic shock.

C-reactive protein and procalcitonin during course of sepsis and septic shock.

Objective: The study investigates the diagnostic and prognostic value of C-reactive protein (CRP) and procalcitonin (PCT) in patients with sepsis and septic shock.

Background: Limited data regarding the prognostic value of CRP and PCT during the course of sepsis or septic shock is available.

Methods: Consecutive patients with sepsis and septic shock from 2019 to 2021 were included monocentrically.

The Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte-Ratio as Diagnostic and Prognostic Tool in Sepsis and Septic Shock.

Background: Studies investigating the diagnostic and prognostic value of the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) in sepsis or septic shock commonly included preselected subgroups of patients or were published prior to the current sepsis-3 criteria. Therefore, this study investigates the diagnostic and prognostic impact of the NLR in patients with sepsis and septic shock.

Methods: Consecutive patients with sepsis and septic shock from 2019 to 2021 from the prospective "MARSS-registry" were included monocentrically.

Diagnostic and Prognostic Performance of Plasma Albumin and Cholinesterase in Patients with Sepsis and Septic Shock.

Objective: Despite improved risk stratification tools and identification of novel biomarkers for the diagnosis and prognosis in patients with sepsis, sepsis-related mortality has not significantly improved during the past years. This study investigates the diagnostic and prognostic role of the plasma albumin and cholinesterase (ChE) in patients with sepsis and septic shock.

Methods: Consecutive patients with sepsis and septic shock from 2019 to 2021 were included at one institution.

Fibrinogen reflects severity and predicts outcomes in patients with sepsis and septic shock.

The study investigates the diagnostic and prognostic value of fibrinogen and the albumin-to-fibrinogen-ratio (AFR) in patients with sepsis and septic shock. Limited data regarding the prognostic value of fibrinogen and AFR during the course of sepsis or septic shock are available. Consecutive patients with sepsis and septic shock from 2019 to 2021 were included monocentrically.

Norepinephrine dose, lactate or heart rate: what impacts prognosis in sepsis and septic shock? Results from a prospective, monocentric registry.

Objective: The study comprehensively investigates the prognostic value of norepinephrine (NE) dose, lactate and heart rate in patients with sepsis and septic shock. Limited data regarding the prognostic value of NE dose, lactate and heart rate in patients meeting the sepsis-3 criteria is available.

Methods: Consecutive patients with sepsis and septic shock from 2019 to 2021 were included.

Diagnostic and Prognostic Significance of the Prothrombin Time/International Normalized Ratio in Sepsis and Septic Shock.

Objective: The study investigates the diagnostic and prognostic significance of the prothrombin time/international normalized ratio (PT/INR) in patients with sepsis and septic shock.

Background: Sepsis may be complicated by disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). While the status of coagulopathy of septic patients is represented within the sepsis-3 definition by assessing the platelet count, less data regarding the prognostic impact of the PT/INR in patients admitted with sepsis and septic shock is available.

Diagnostic and prognostic role of platelets in patients with sepsis and septic shock.

Studies investigating the prognostic role of platelets commonly include critically ill patients, whereas data regarding the prognostic impact of platelet count in patients admitted with sepsis and septic shock is limited. Therefore, the study investigates the prognostic role of platelet count in patients with sepsis and septic shock. Consecutive patients with sepsis and septic shock from 2019 to 2021 were included monocentrically.

Cardiac Troponin I Reveals Diagnostic and Prognostic Superiority to Aminoterminal Pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide in Sepsis and Septic Shock.

Data regarding the prognostic value of cardiac biomarkers in patients suffering from sepsis or septic shock is scarce. Studies investigating the prognostic role of cardiac biomarkers in patients with sepsis and septic shock were commonly published prior to the sepsis-3 criteria and were often not restricted to septic patients only, too. This study investigated the diagnostic and prognostic value of the aminoterminal pro-B-type Natriuretic Peptide (NT-pro BNP) and cardiac troponin I (cTNI) in patients with sepsis and septic shock.

Diagnostic and prognostic value of the AST/ALT ratio in patients with sepsis and septic shock.

Objective: The study investigates the diagnostic and prognostic value of the aspartate aminotransferase (AST) to alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ratio in patients with sepsis and septic shock. Limited data regarding the prognostic value of the AST/ALT ratio in patients suffering from sepsis or septic shock is available.

Methods: Consecutive patients with sepsis and septic shock from 2019 to 2021 were included monocentrically.