Multi Organ Failure

The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate if a blood purification treatment called "Oxiris" works to help adults with septic shock. The main questions it aims to answer are: (1) Does Oxiris treatment lower the risk of death or organ failure within the first 7 days? (2) Does Oxiris treatment lower the level of inflammation in the body? Researchers will compare participants who receive Oxiris treatment to a group of participants who receive standard medical care to see if Oxiris helps them recover better. Participants will: 1. Receive blood purification therapy using the Oxiris filter for up to 3 days while in the intensive care unit (ICU). 2. Have their blood tested at the start of the study and 3 days later to check for inflammation and organ function. 3. Be followed by the research team for about 30 days to check on their health and recovery.

This is a prospective, unmasked, randomized, multicenter clinical trial evaluating the impact of point-of-care large language model (LLM)-based decision support on diagnostic accuracy and clinical outcomes in adult medical intensive care unit (MICU) patients. Consecutive adult ICU admissions at participating community hospitals (initially MetroWest Medical Center and St. Vincent Hospital) will be screened for eligibility. Eligible patients will be randomized 1:1 to standard care or an AI-assisted group. In both arms, initial evaluation and management will follow usual practice. For patients randomized to AI assistance, de-identified admission data (history and physical, labs, imaging reports, and other relevant documentation) will be formatted and submitted to a state-of-the-art LLM (ChatGPT-5) at the time of admission. The AI-generated differential diagnosis and therapeutic recommendations will be provided to the admitting team for consideration. For the standard care arm, LLM output will be generated but not shared with clinicians. After discharge, a masked chart review will determine the "ground truth" primary diagnosis and extract outcomes including: Primary Outcome - a composite of medical errors (from time of ICU admission through day 7 of ICU stay, or ICU discharge, whichever comes first); Secondary Outcomes - 90-day mortality, ICU and hospital length of stay, and ventilator-free days.

This is an observational study to understand the changes in alveolar dead space in medical critically ill patients with severe infection (severe sepsis) requiring mechanical ventilation and the possibility to predict multi-organ failure. The measurement of alveolar dead space used to require sophisticated equipment and time. New ventilators have microprocessors that allow rapid mathematical calculation with minimal intervention.

Intubation in the intensive care unit is a standard procedure with a high risk of adverse events such as hypoxaemia and cardiovascular instability. However, it is demonstrated that HFNO (High Flow Nasal Oxygen) for pre and perioxygenation is feasible and, in many situations, prolongs the safe apnoeic period after anaesthesia induction. Previous data of the use of HFNO during intubation of the critically ill is conflicting. With the new device Optiflow Switch, which allow its combination with NIV or tight facemask with perioxygenation, we aim to evaluate whether this could reduce intubation-related hypoxaemia and other adverse events. The general purpose of this project is to compare the addition of Optiflow Switch for pre- and perioxygenation to traditional preoxygenation using a tight-fitting mask or NIV during intubation in adult intensive care patients in a prospective before-and-after study design.

This study innovatively utilizes multi-modal hemodynamic monitoring (Norepinephrine equivalence, NEE+Pulse indicator Continuous Cariac output, PiCCO) to investigate the optimal timing of initiation of oXiris in abdominal infection-associated septic shock patients and to investigate prognosis on sepsis phenotypes undergoing oXiris therapy.