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By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Computer Weekly News Fresh data on Patient Care are presented in a new report. According to news reporting originating in Rotterdam, Netherlands, by VerticalNews journalists, researchers stated "Sublingual microcirculatory alterations are associated with an adverse prognosis in several critical illness subgroups. Up to now, single-center studies have reported on sublingual microcirculatory alterations in ICU patient subgroups, but an extensive evaluation of the prevalence of these alterations is lacking."

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research by the authors from Erasmus University Medical Center, "We present the study design of an international multicenter observational study to investigate the prevalence of microcirculatory alterations in critically ill: the Microcirculatory Shock Occurrence in Acutely ill Patients (microSOAP). 36 ICU's worldwide have participated in this study aiming for inclusion of over 500 evaluable patients. To enable communication and data collection, a website, an Open Clinica 3.0 database, and image uploading software have been designed. A one-session assessment of the sublingual microcirculation using Sidestream Dark Field imaging and data collection on patient characteristics has been performed in every ICU patient >18 years, regardless of underlying disease. Statistical analysis will provide insight in the prevalence and severity of sublingual alterations, its relation to systemic hemodynamic variables, disease, therapy, and outcome. This study will be the largest microcirculation study ever performed."

According to the news reporters, the researchers concluded: "It is expected that this study will also establish a basis for future studies related to the microcirculation in critically ill."

For more information on this research see: Study Design of the Microcirculatory Shock Occurrence in Acutely Ill Patients (microSOAP): an International Multicenter Observational Study of Sublingual Microcirculatory Alterations in Intensive Care Patients. Critical Care Research and Practice, 2012;2012():121752. (Hindawi Publishing - www.hindawi.com; Critical Care Research and Practice - www.hindawi.com/journals/ccrp/)

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting N.A. Vellinga, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Dept. of Intensive Care Adults, PO Box 2040-Room H625, 3000 CA Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Keywords for this news article include: Europe, Rotterdam, Angiology, Hematology, Netherlands, Patient Care, Intensive Care, Microcirculation, Critical Care Medicine.

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