Respiratory failure & ventilation

A targeted metabolomics approach for sepsis-induced acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and its subphenotypes

Crit CarePublished Retrospective metabolomics study

Authors' conclusion

Our study demonstrated a marked difference in metabolic patterns between sepsis-induced ARDS patients and non-ARDS controls, and between sepsis-induced direct and indirect ARDS subpheonotypes.

Study context

Population
Sepsis registry patients, prospectively collected March 2011 to February 2018
Participants
54 vs 30
Exposure
Sepsis-induced ARDS vs non-ARDS controls; sepsis-induced direct vs indirect ARDS
  • ARDSn = 54
  • Non-ARDS controlsn = 30reference
Outcome
Metabolites distinguishing sepsis-induced ARDS from non-ARDS controls and direct from indirect ARDS
Methodological detailstargeted metabolomics, sepsis registry samples, LC-MS/MS and GC-MS
  • Targeted metabolomics
  • Sepsis registry samples
  • LC-MS/MS and GC-MS

Main finding

As reported in the abstract

Metabolites detected

186

Metabolites differentiating sepsis-induced ARDS from non-ARDS controls

102

Metabolites discriminating sepsis-induced ARDS subphenotypes

14

Observational data: associations, not effects.

Original publication

A targeted metabolomics approach for sepsis-induced ARDS and its subphenotypes. Crit Care. Published 5 July 2023. doi:10.1186/s13054-023-04552-0

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