Search Tag: Biomarkers

Sepsis

Uncovering-heterogeneity-in-sepsis

2023 08 Nov

Sepsis is a life-threatening condition caused by a dysregulated host response to infection. Despite progress in understanding its underlying mechanisms, there's no specific successful treatment for sepsis. Precision therapy is needed, and understanding the heterogeneity of sepsis is crucial. Recent methods have attempted to measure sepsis heterogeneity...Read more

ICU Management

Using-img-testing-for-clinical-management-in-the-icu

2023 13 Oct

An overview of ionised serum magnesium as an important biomarker for critically ill patients and how iMg testing is utilised at Mater Intensive Care.     Ionised Serum Magnesium - An Important Biomarker Magnesium is the fourth most common cation in the body and the second most abundant intracellular cation, exceeded only by potassium....Read more

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Applying-international-sepsis-guidelines-by-screening-high-risk-hospitalised-patients-with-psp

2023 13 Oct

Hospital and ICU nosocomial sepsis screening for acutely ill and high-risk patients and daily measurement of PSP to diagnose nosocomial sepsis three to five days before the onset of symptoms.     Introduction Sepsis is a major public health threat and is responsible for 11 million deaths per year (Rudd et al. 2020) among 48.9 million cases....Read more

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41st-vicenza-course-on-aki-crrt

2023 12 Jun

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Sepsis

Advancements-in-sepsis-diagnosis-the-role-of-biomarkers-and-early-detection

2023 02 May

Dr François Ventura, anaesthesiologist and intensive care physician, gave a lecture on the " C urrent research on sepsis biomarkers and early diagnosis"  during the 4th World Sepsis Congress, organised by the Global Sepsis Alliance, which took place the 25 th and 26 th April 2023. He discussed the challenges of diagnosing sepsis, which requires...Read more

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Biomarkers-as-prognostic-predictors-and-guide-in-critically-ill-patients-1

2023 20 Apr

An overview of promising biomarkers in critical care, characteristics a biomarker should have and how to ensure their usefulness in clinical practice.   Introduction   Precision medicine is a medical approach that tailors treatments based on individual patient characteristics and their unique response to therapies for a particular disease....Read more

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2023 13 Mar

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Biomarkers-1

2023 13 Mar

Biomarkers are quantifiable indicators of physiological or pathological processes in the body. They can be useful in establishing a diagnosis, assessing disease progression and a patient's condition and guide therapeutic interventions. However, a great deal could still be done to further improve the utilisation of biomarkers in critical care....Read more

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Biomarkers-for-ards-what-is-new

2023 13 Mar

Despite several biomarkers having been studied for diagnosis and/or prognosis of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), their extensive use has not been established. Better knowledge of the pathophysiology of ARDS and acute lung injury (ALI) may help develop new biomarkers. Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is characterised by...Read more

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Biomarkers-in-sepsis

2023 13 Mar

This article describes the application of existing and emerging biomarkers in the diagnosis and management of sepsis and pneumonia. Introduction: The Need for  Biomarkers  in Sepsis Sepsis is defined as a dysregulated host response to infection that results in life threatening organ dysfunction. It carries an estimated...Read more

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Biomarkers-of-infection-in-the-intensive-care-unit

2023 13 Mar

Biomarkers are an area of rapid discovery in critical care medicine today. They have the potential to improve our ability to identify and manage patients at increased risk of organ failure and death. This article provides an overview of biomarkers of infection in the intensive care unit. The heterogeneity of sepsis makes its identification...Read more

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Biomarkers-in-sepsis-present-and-future

2023 13 Mar

A biomarker defines a measurable indicator of a patient's medical situation that can be measured precisely and accurately. Biomarkers provide value for diagnosis, prognosis, early disease detection, risk stratification, suitable treatment (theragnostic), and trial improvement for patients with sepsis or presumed sepsis. Introduction...Read more

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Sepsis-diagnosis-clinical-signs-scores-and-biomarkers

2023 13 Mar

Abstract     Sepsis and antimicrobial resistance are two major public health problems . Sepsis is defined as a dysregulated response of the body to a bacterial infection with organ dysfunction . The 2021 Surviving Sepsis Campaign SSC guidelines proposed characterising the infection based on clinical assessment and the dysregulated...Read more

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Biomarkers-3

2023 13 Mar

Biomarkers are quantifiable indicators of physiological or pathological processes in the body. They can be more effectively utilised in intensive care by improving standardised protocols for biomarker testing and interpretation. Join our panellists as they discuss the use of Biomarkers in critical care and where and how biomarkers can provide valuable...Read more

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40th-vicenza-course-on-aki-crrt

2022 14 Jun

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Biomarkers-to-identify-acute-kidney-injury-for-early-sepsis-detection

2021 23 Mar

Early recognition of sepsis is vital for improving patient outcomes. If detected on time, sepsis can be treated with antibiotics and source control, recognition and reversal of shock and organ support. The three most common organ dysfunctions in sepsis are cardiovascular, renal and respiratory. Cardiovascular and respiratory organ dysfunctions are...Read more

IT Management

Microneedle-patches-for-diagnostics-and-monitoring

2021 23 Jan

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis (USA) have developed a microneedle patch for the collection and analysis of biomarkers in interstitial fluid as a minimally invasive alternative to blood tests.   You might also like: Smart Diagnostics with Wearable Devices: Principles and Applications   The patch can be applied to...Read more

ICU Management

Biomarkers-and-their-impact-in-icu-patient-outcomes-1

2020 24 Nov

The laboratory plays a critical role in ensuring optimal outcomes for ICU patients. Several biomarkers are valuable in this context and can help clinicians achieve improved patient outcomes and decreased expenses for healthcare. I mproving both in-ICU and post-ICU clinical outcomes often depends on actions taken much sooner in a patient’s...Read more

Health Management

Deep-mining-for-determining-cancer-biomarkers

2020 29 Aug

The use of omics data for knowledge discovery is an approach that can be used for personalised cancer medicine and for a better understanding of cancer genotype and phenotype. Three researchers have developed a deep feature learning model to discover biomarkers that are positively and negatively associated with cancer. HealthManagement.org spoke...Read more

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Reappraisal-of-biomarkers-in-sepsis-management

2020 13 Jun

Sepsis biomarkers have an important role in the diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of sepsis management. If timely and accurate information about biomarkers becomes available, the physician can not only make better therapeutic choices but also monitor the efficacy of the intervention in progress and adjust it accordingly.  In a previous review...Read more

IMAGING Management

New-uk-cancer-imaging-network

2020 31 Mar

  Nine world-class imaging centres from around the UK are joining forces to create an integrated network for standardisation and validation of use of state-of-the-art imaging techniques in cancer treatment.   You might also like: Deep Mining Reveals Omics Promise for Cancer Biomarkers The  National Cancer Imaging Translational Accelerator...Read more

Executive Health Management

Bright-ideas-1

2020 09 Mar

HealthManagement.org rounds up exciting developments that have all the marks of healthcare game changers. What do you think? Advancements in Cardiac Imaging Conventional imaging still remains important for the assessment of cardiac structure and function. However, advanced echocardiography with strain imaging techniques, tissue characterisation...Read more

IMAGING Management

Pet-mri-pinpoint-notable-breast-cancer-biomarkers

2020 28 Jan

  Researchers have pinpointed breast cancer biomarkers that have the potential to indicate malignancy presence and risk.   A research team from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York compared healthy contralateral breast tissue of patients with malignant breast tumours and benign breast tumors. They found that PET/MRI imaging could...Read more

ICU Management

Top-icu-stories-of-2019

2019 28 Dec

As we move into 2020, here's a quick recap of our most clicked stories in ICU in 2019:  Using Biomarkers for Mortality Prediction in Patients With Sepsis A new study evaluated the prognostic value of six biomarkers at onset of sepsis in adult patients with sepsis or septic shock. Risk Factors for Frailty and Death in the ICU...Read more

IMAGING Management

Retinal-imaging-biomarker-for-early-alzheimer-s-detection

2019 19 Nov

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is difficult to detect primarily because of the lack of measurable indicators – or biomarkers – before patients exhibit symptoms of this form of dementia. However, damage to the brain occurs years before AD is already symptomatic and advanced. New research from the University of Minnesota has looked into a promising...Read more

IMAGING Management

Radiogenomic-correlations-in-ct-imaging-and-micrornas-1

2019 29 Oct

Finding new molecular biomarkers could help improve the diagnosis and treatment of clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC). A recent study in Italy compared quantitative parameters obtained from computed tomography texture analysis and microRNAs expression profile of ccRCC looking for correlation between them.   Results of this pilot study indeed...Read more

IMAGING Management

Blood-test-unmasks-concussions-absent-on-ct-scans

2019 28 Aug

It has been highlighted that patients suffering from a concussion can have CT scans which show no irregularities and patients can go on to be discharged with no further treatment. A new, cost-effective blood test may be able to identify these patients for subsequent evaluation.   The study, from UC San Francisco, analysed 450 patients who had obtained...Read more

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Monitor-me-infographic

2019 26 Aug

An overview of mHealth and its application and implementation in healthcare. Read more

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Monocyte-distribution-width-as-biomarker-for-early-sepsis-detection

2019 25 Jul

Existing biomarkers provide limited use for rapid detection of sepsis since they cannot accurately distinguish sepsis from other common conditions encountered in the emergency department (ED). Now a U.S. clinical trial suggests that the monocyte distribution width (MDW) can be a useful indicator of Sepsis-2 and Sepsis-3 in high-risk ED patients. "Changes...Read more