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  1. Article: Biomarkers as Prognostic Predictors and Therapeutic Guide in Critically Ill Patients: Clinical Evidence.

    Méndez Hernández, Rosa / Ramasco Rueda, Fernando

    Journal of personalized medicine

    2023  Volume 13, Issue 2

    Abstract: A biomarker is a molecule that can be measured in a biological sample in an objective, systematic, and precise way, whose levels indicate whether a process is normal or pathological. Knowing the most important biomarkers and their characteristics is the ... ...

    Abstract A biomarker is a molecule that can be measured in a biological sample in an objective, systematic, and precise way, whose levels indicate whether a process is normal or pathological. Knowing the most important biomarkers and their characteristics is the key to precision medicine in intensive and perioperative care. Biomarkers can be used to diagnose, in assessment of disease severity, to stratify risk, to predict and guide clinical decisions, and to guide treatments and response to them. In this review, we will analyze what characteristics a biomarker should have and how to ensure its usefulness, and we will review the biomarkers that in our opinion can make their knowledge more useful to the reader in their clinical practice, with a future perspective. These biomarkers, in our opinion, are lactate, C-Reactive Protein, Troponins T and I, Brain Natriuretic Peptides, Procalcitonin, MR-ProAdrenomedullin and BioAdrenomedullin, Neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio and lymphopenia, Proenkephalin, NefroCheck, Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL), Interleukin 6, Urokinase-type soluble plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR), Presepsin, Pancreatic Stone Protein (PSP), and Dipeptidyl peptidase 3 (DPP3). Finally, we propose an approach to the perioperative evaluation of high-risk patients and critically ill patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) based on biomarkers.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-02-15
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2662248-8
    ISSN 2075-4426
    ISSN 2075-4426
    DOI 10.3390/jpm13020333
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  2. Article: Usefulness of Preoperative Determination of Serum MR-ProAdrenomedullin Levels to Predict the Need for Postoperative Organ Support in Abdominal Oncological Surgery.

    Ramasco Rueda, Fernando / Planas Roca, Antonio / Méndez Hernández, Rosa / Figuerola Tejerina, Angels / Tamayo Gómez, Eduardo / Garcia Bernedo, Carlos / Maseda Garrido, Emilio / Pascual Gómez, Natalia F / de la Varga-Martínez, Olga

    Journal of personalized medicine

    2023  Volume 13, Issue 7

    Abstract: The need for postoperative organic support is associated with patient outcomes. Biomarkers may be useful for detecting patients at risk. MR-ProADM is a novel biomarker with an interesting profile that can be used in this context. The main objective of ... ...

    Abstract The need for postoperative organic support is associated with patient outcomes. Biomarkers may be useful for detecting patients at risk. MR-ProADM is a novel biomarker with an interesting profile that can be used in this context. The main objective of this study was to verify whether there was an association between the preoperative serum levels of MR-ProADM and the need for organic support after elective abdominal cancer surgery, and to determine the preoperative MR-ProADM value that predicts the need for postoperative organic support. This was a multicenter prospective observational study conducted by four tertiary hospitals in Spain between 2017 and 2018. Plasma samples were collected for the quantification of MR-ProADM from adults who underwent major abdominal surgery during 2017-2018. The primary outcome was the need for organic support in the first seven postoperative days and its association with the preoperative levels of MR-ProADM, and the secondary outcome was the preoperative levels of MR-ProADM in the study population. This study included 370 patients with a mean age of 67.4 ± 12.9 years. Seventeen percent (63 patients) required some postoperative organic support measures in the first week. The mean preoperative value of MR-ProADM in patients who required organic support was 1.16 ± 1.15 nmol/L. The AUC-ROC of the preoperative MR-ProADM values associated with the need for organic support was 0.67 (95% CI: 0.59-0.75). The preoperative MR-ProADM value, which showed the best compromise in sensitivity and specificity for predicting the need for organic support, was 0.70 nmol/L. The negative predictive value was 91%. A multivariate analysis confirmed that a preoperative level of MR-ProADM ≥ 0.70 nmol/L is an independent factor associated with risk of postoperative organic support (OR 2, 6). Elevated preoperative MR-ProADM levels are associated with the need for postoperative organic support. Therefore, MR-ProADM may be a useful biomarker for perioperative risk assessment.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-07-18
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2662248-8
    ISSN 2075-4426
    ISSN 2075-4426
    DOI 10.3390/jpm13071151
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  3. Article ; Online: Increased number of pulmonary megakaryocytes in COVID-19 patients with diffuse alveolar damage: an autopsy study with clinical correlation and review of the literature.

    Valdivia-Mazeyra, Mariel F / Salas, Clara / Nieves-Alonso, Jesús M / Martín-Fragueiro, Luz / Bárcena, Carmen / Muñoz-Hernández, Patricia / Villar-Zarra, Karen / Martín-López, Javier / Ramasco-Rueda, Fernando / Fraga, Javier / Jiménez-Heffernan, José A

    Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology

    2020  Volume 478, Issue 3, Page(s) 487–496

    Abstract: Pulmonary megakaryocytes participate in the pathogenesis of lung damage, particularly in acute lung injury. Although megakaryocytes are not mentioned as a characteristic histologic finding associated to pulmonary injury, a few studies reveal that their ... ...

    Abstract Pulmonary megakaryocytes participate in the pathogenesis of lung damage, particularly in acute lung injury. Although megakaryocytes are not mentioned as a characteristic histologic finding associated to pulmonary injury, a few studies reveal that their number is increased in diffuse alveolar damage (DAD). In this autopsy study, we have observed a relevant number of pulmonary megakaryocytes in COVID-19 patients dying with acute lung injury (7.61 ± 5.59 megakaryocytes per 25 high-power fields vs. 1.14 ± 0.86 for the control group, p < 0.05). We analyzed samples of 18 patients, most of whom died after prolonged disease and use of mechanical ventilation. Most patients showed advanced DAD and abnormal coagulation parameters with high levels of fibrinogen, D-dimers, and variable thrombocytopenia. For comparison, pulmonary samples from a group of 14 non-COVID-19 patients dying with DAD were reviewed. They showed similar pulmonary histopathologic findings and an increase in the number of megakaryocytes (4 ± 4.17 vs. 1.14 ± 0.86 for the control group, p < 0.05). Megakaryocyte count in the COVID-19 group was greater but did not reach statistical significance (7.61 ± 5.59 vs. 4 ± 4.17, p = 0.063). Regardless of the cause, pulmonary megakaryocytes are increased in patients with DAD. Their high number seen in COVID-19 patients suggests a relation with the thrombotic events so often seen these patients. Since the lung is considered an active site of megakaryopoiesis, a prothrombotic status leading to platelet activation, aggregation and consumption may trigger a compensatory pulmonary response.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Aged ; Autopsy ; COVID-19/pathology ; COVID-19/virology ; Female ; Humans ; Lung/pathology ; Lung/virology ; Male ; Megakaryocytes/pathology ; Megakaryocytes/virology ; Middle Aged ; SARS-CoV-2/physiology ; Thrombosis/pathology ; Thrombosis/virology
    Keywords covid19
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-09-11
    Publishing country Germany
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1184867-4
    ISSN 1432-2307 ; 0945-6317
    ISSN (online) 1432-2307
    ISSN 0945-6317
    DOI 10.1007/s00428-020-02926-1
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  4. Article ; Online: High levels of preoperative and postoperative N terminal B-type natriuretic propeptide influence mortality and cardiovascular complications after noncardiac surgery: A prospective cohort study.

    Álvarez Zurro, Carlos / Planas Roca, Antonio / Alday Muñoz, Enrique / Vega Piris, Lorena / Ramasco Rueda, Fernando / Méndez Hernández, Rosa

    European journal of anaesthesiology

    2016  Volume 33, Issue 6, Page(s) 444–449

    Abstract: Background: Major noncardiac surgery is associated with a 5% incidence of serious cardiovascular complications and with a 1 to 2% probability of death from cardiac causes. Over the last few decades, researchers have assessed the perioperative predictive ...

    Abstract Background: Major noncardiac surgery is associated with a 5% incidence of serious cardiovascular complications and with a 1 to 2% probability of death from cardiac causes. Over the last few decades, researchers have assessed the perioperative predictive power of several risk indices. Research is currently focused on the evaluation of biomarkers.
    Objectives: The objective was to determine the incidence of high serum levels of N terminal B-type natriuretic propeptide (NT-proBNP) before and after surgery in adults undergoing elective major noncardiac procedures and to evaluate its relationship with mortality and cardiovascular complications occurring up to 30 days after surgery.
    Design: Prospective cohort study.
    Setting: Enrolment was undertaken at a university hospital from October 2011 to July 2013.
    Patients: A total of 304 adults with cardiovascular risk factors who underwent noncardiac elective surgery.
    Main outcome measures: The relationship between preoperative and postoperative NT-proBNP serum levels and the emergence of cardiovascular complications, including all-cause mortality, during the first 30 days after surgery.
    Results: The incidence of cardiovascular complications was 7.8% (n = 25), and the mortality rate was 4.3% (n = 13). Higher-than-normal NT-proBNP serum levels were found before surgery in 48.4% (n = 147) and after surgery in 50.7% (n = 154) of patients. The variables found to be independent predictors of cardiovascular complications, including all-cause 30-day mortality, were levels of NT-proBNP more than 300 pg ml before surgery and levels more than 1000 pg ml both before and after surgery.
    Conclusion: High levels of preoperative and postoperative NT-proBNP are predictors of cardiovascular complications, including all-cause mortality, during the first 30 days after noncardiac surgery in adults with cardiovascular risk factors.
    MeSH term(s) Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Biomarkers/blood ; Cardiovascular Diseases/blood ; Cardiovascular Diseases/etiology ; Cardiovascular Diseases/mortality ; Cohort Studies ; Elective Surgical Procedures ; Female ; Humans ; Incidence ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Natriuretic Peptide, Brain/blood ; Peptide Fragments/blood ; Postoperative Complications/blood ; Postoperative Complications/epidemiology ; Postoperative Complications/mortality ; Predictive Value of Tests ; Prospective Studies
    Chemical Substances Biomarkers ; Peptide Fragments ; pro-brain natriuretic peptide (1-76) ; Natriuretic Peptide, Brain (114471-18-0)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2016-06-14
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 605770-6
    ISSN 1365-2346 ; 0265-0215
    ISSN (online) 1365-2346
    ISSN 0265-0215
    DOI 10.1097/EJA.0000000000000419
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  5. Article: Increased number of pulmonary megakaryocytes in COVID-19 patients with diffuse alveolar damage: an autopsy study with clinical correlation and review of the literature

    Valdivia-Mazeyra, Mariel F / Salas, Clara / Nieves-Alonso, Jesús M / Martín-Fragueiro, Luz / Bárcena, Carmen / Muñoz-Hernández, Patricia / Villar-Zarra, Karen / Martín-López, Javier / Ramasco-Rueda, Fernando / Fraga, Javier / Jiménez-Heffernan, José A

    Virchows arch

    Abstract: Pulmonary megakaryocytes participate in the pathogenesis of lung damage, particularly in acute lung injury. Although megakaryocytes are not mentioned as a characteristic histologic finding associated to pulmonary injury, a few studies reveal that their ... ...

    Abstract Pulmonary megakaryocytes participate in the pathogenesis of lung damage, particularly in acute lung injury. Although megakaryocytes are not mentioned as a characteristic histologic finding associated to pulmonary injury, a few studies reveal that their number is increased in diffuse alveolar damage (DAD). In this autopsy study, we have observed a relevant number of pulmonary megakaryocytes in COVID-19 patients dying with acute lung injury (7.61 ± 5.59 megakaryocytes per 25 high-power fields vs. 1.14 ± 0.86 for the control group, p < 0.05). We analyzed samples of 18 patients, most of whom died after prolonged disease and use of mechanical ventilation. Most patients showed advanced DAD and abnormal coagulation parameters with high levels of fibrinogen, D-dimers, and variable thrombocytopenia. For comparison, pulmonary samples from a group of 14 non-COVID-19 patients dying with DAD were reviewed. They showed similar pulmonary histopathologic findings and an increase in the number of megakaryocytes (4 ± 4.17 vs. 1.14 ± 0.86 for the control group, p < 0.05). Megakaryocyte count in the COVID-19 group was greater but did not reach statistical significance (7.61 ± 5.59 vs. 4 ± 4.17, p = 0.063). Regardless of the cause, pulmonary megakaryocytes are increased in patients with DAD. Their high number seen in COVID-19 patients suggests a relation with the thrombotic events so often seen these patients. Since the lung is considered an active site of megakaryopoiesis, a prothrombotic status leading to platelet activation, aggregation and consumption may trigger a compensatory pulmonary response.
    Keywords covid19
    Publisher WHO
    Document type Article
    Note WHO #Covidence: #754539
    Database COVID19

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  6. Article ; Online: Increased number of pulmonary megakaryocytes in COVID-19 patients with diffuse alveolar damage

    Valdivia-Mazeyra, Mariel F. / Salas, Clara / Nieves-Alonso, Jesús M. / Martín-Fragueiro, Luz / Bárcena, Carmen / Muñoz-Hernández, Patricia / Villar-Zarra, Karen / Martín-López, Javier / Ramasco-Rueda, Fernando / Fraga, Javier / Jiménez-Heffernan, José A.

    Virchows Archiv ; ISSN 0945-6317 1432-2307

    an autopsy study with clinical correlation and review of the literature

    2020  

    Keywords Pathology and Forensic Medicine ; Cell Biology ; Molecular Biology ; General Medicine ; covid19
    Language English
    Publisher Springer Science and Business Media LLC
    Publishing country us
    Document type Article ; Online
    DOI 10.1007/s00428-020-02926-1
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