1. A JC is an academic session where we go through a scientific article for 1 hour.
2. It takes place every Friday.
3. Its purpose is to understand and discuss relevant elements about the content taking interactive and pedagogic notes (highlighting, underlining and using other learning resources) about the content.
4. We generate further appraisal, identify the opportunities of learning and formulate some potential research questions.
5. We write down the key-points of every session and publish them on our website
6. The article for the next session is posted one week in advance the must-read JC channel of our DISCORD server.

Journal CLUBS

Friday, January 30, 2026 at 17:05:52 in BE

MASP, AAQC

[2025 JAMA - SOFA-2 (Ranzani) [RCT].pdf]

Codified by MLHG

Glossary: 

Glossary: 🧠 = brain, 🫀 = heart, 🫁 = lungs, 🫃🏽 = abdomen = abdominal, 🩸 = blood = hematology, ♾️ = kidneys = renal, ◸ = liver = hepatic, AUROC = area under the receiver operating characteristic, icuMM = ICU mortality


1. 𝙄𝙌𝘾 BS ➩ Y, J, C ➖ T ➕ N ➕ t ➖ P I C O:
2. 𝙄𝙌𝘾 BS 🟰 2025, JAMA, WW ➖ federated 🤓 ➕ 2M (>1k ICUs, 9 countries) ➕ 2014 - 2023 ➖ P I C O:
     - P: P: ICU pxs
     - 🅸: SOFA 1 variables 🤓
     - 🅲: NA
     - O: O: pOC = icuMM
3. EVIDENCE:
      a. SOFA-1 in 1996
      b. Changes ➩ 30 years

      c. SOFA-1 does not capture DRUGS ➕ DEVICES

      d. The new one should be GENERALIZABLE ➩ high-, middle-, low- income countries. 

4. METHODS.

      a. Expert selection (60) ▶︎ mDelphi ➕ sr ➕ internal + external validation

      b. 8 stages:

         i. 1-3 = identification (variables)➕ management (dysfunction)

         ii. Discussions ➩ evidence gaps ➕ clinical relevance

         iii. Scoreable construct ➩ defined by:

            1. YES operational criteria

            2. NOT precise biological truth

            3. Priorities: SIMPLICITY + CLINICAL USABILITY + WIDESPREAD APPLICABILITY + - CONTENT VALIDITY. 

      - 6 domains: reliability ➕ content ➕ construct ➕ criterion ➕ predictive validity

      INTERV ➠

         - Expert input

         - internal + external validation

         - mDelphy - STAGE 1-5 

            - Expert input

      - Data-driven component (SOFA-2) - STAGE 6-8

         - geographical setting

         - resource setting

Validity

      - mDelphy ➩ predictive validity w_AUROC curve (1st day of ICU)

5. RESULTS.

      1. Same 6 systems 🧠 ➖ 🫁 ➖ 🫀 ➖ ♾️ ➖ ◸ ➖ ♾️ ♾️ 
      2. w_new variables ➕ thresholds
      3. SOFA-2 (AUROC 0.79) 🆚 SOFA-1 (AUROC 0.77)      4. Sequential SOFA-2 data ➩ ICU day 1 to 7 = same predictive validity      5. No data + No validity ➩ 🫃🏽 + immune DYSF

⏳ TIME MANAGEMENT.
01:33:02

Round: 10 00:17:92 Close
Round: 9 23:26:56 Wrap-up
Round: 8 05:47:34 Results
Round: 7 01:15:95 Comments
Round: 6 10:32:13 Interpretation
Round: 5 02:18:07 Reading + notes
Round: 4 27:21:39 Interpretation
Round: 3 16:48:65 Reading + notes
Round: 2 03:21:14 ART selection
Round: 1 01:53:22 Past JC

[2025 ICM - Cardiogenic shock diagnosis, phenotyping + mm (Moller) [r].pdf]

Codified by 𝙄𝙉𝘼𝘼𝙌𝘾 ᴮᴼ (MASP)


Glossary: ABG w_lactate = arterial blood gas, AMI-CS = acute myocardial infarction with cardiogenic shock, BP = blood pressure, CAT LAB = catheterization laboratory, CRT = capillary refill time, CS = cardiogenic shock, DX = diagnosis, ID = identification, MCS = mechanical circulatory support, PAC = pulmonary artery catheter, TTO = treatment, UO = urine output, ∑ = so, ➰ = pressure, 💨 = flow, 🤓 = analysis, 🗣 = suggestion(s), ★ = recommendation(s).


1. 𝙄𝙌𝘾 BS ➩ Y, J, C ➖ T ➕ N ➕ t ➖ P I C O:
2. 𝙄𝙌𝘾 BS 🟰 2025, ICM, DN ➖ r ➕ NA ➕ NA

3. DEF. 

      a. ↓💨 critical → end-organ ▶︎ function

      b. primary 🫀 failure ▶︎ cause

      c. 🫀 cannot generate → SUFFICIENT OUTPUT ▶︎ consequence 

      d. despite → adequate preload ▶︎ condition
4. DX can be challenging ➩ ∑ we need HD measurements:

      a. ↓ CI ▶︎ ≤2,2 “typically”

      b. ↑ PCWP ▶︎ ≥15 

      c. LVOT-VTI ▶︎ gives SV
5. Identification
      a. EARLY recognition + therapy ▶︎ cornerstone

      b. Lesson from STEMI ➩ 1st “golden hour” 

      c. 🚑 + ER deparment

         i. ID and TTO ➩ CS ➕ AMI-CS

         ii. Transfer directly to CAT LAB w_MCS (STEMI, NSTEMI, CS SCAI ≥class B)

            1. Class B = ↓BP ↑HR

            2. Class C = ↓💨 

      d. 🏥 ➩ ECG 12 + tropoinin + lactate (10 min)

         i. Score ORBI ➩ 🔗:  Orbi Risk Score

         ii. Score STOPSHOCK ➩ 🔗: 🤯 [Stop Shock calculator ]

      e. SHOCK team ➩ 30min evaluation

      f. Therapy ➩ 60 min af_1st medical contact. 



















6. Special attention.

      a. ♀ ➕ old pxs ➩ ATYPICAL symptoms

      b. Younger ➩ ↓ likelihood ➩ ∑↑ likelihood to MISS CS DX. 

7. Af_DX ➩ monitoring (BP, ECG, ABG w_lactate, UO)

      a. response

      b. progression

8. ECHO is mandatory ➩ severity ➕ etiology ➕ phenotyping. 

9. PAC ➩ IF a) unresponsive to INITIAL therapy, b) DX uncertainty (not supported by RCTs)

10. Clinical tools ➩ mottling ➕ CRT

11. Microcirculation

      a. may persist DESPITE NORMAL macrocirculation. 

      b. Method ➩ sidestream dark field imaging. 

      c. DAMIS trial ▶︎ sublingual microcirculation in mixed CS population ▶︎ led to mm changes BUT did not correlate w_↑OC. 

Friday, January 16, 2026 at 17:15:00 in BE

MASP, AAQC, PFLC, MNVC

⏳ TIME MANAGEMENT.
01:42:18

Round: 10 00:41:09 Comments
Round: 9 17:17:59 Wrap-up
Round: 8 30:08:20 Identification (interpretation)
Round: 7 04:43:25 Identification (notes)
Round: 6 19:24:49 Definition
Round: 5 00:18:75 Titles + subtitles (4 min)
Round: 4 09:36:83 Interpretation (abstract)
Round: 3 04:52:36 Abstract (reading + notes)
Round: 2 06:28:64 ART selection
Round: 1 08:47:54 PAst JC

January, 2026

February, 2026

Glossary (most used)

↑ = increase, ↓ = decrease,↗️ = improve,↘️ = worsen, 𝗘𝗫 = exclusion, 𝗜𝗡 = inclusion, ★ = recommendation(s), 🗣 = suggestion(s), critILL = critically ill, DX = diagnosis, h_LOS = Hospital length of stay, icu_LOS = ICU length of stay, inc_ = incident, MA = metaanalysis, mc = multicentric, MM = mortality, MM90 = mortality at 90 days, pxs = patients, pOC = primary outcome(s), sOC = secondary outcome(s), SS = survival, w_ = with, wo_ = without, RCT = randomized controlled trial, sr = systematic review, yo = years old.


Brief scope glossary
    - 𝙄𝙌𝘾 BS 🟰 𝙄𝙉𝘼𝘼𝙌𝘾 ᴮᴼ brief scope ↩
    - Y, J, C ➖ T ➕ N ➕ t ➖ P I C O: ↩
    - year (Y), journal (J), country (C) ➖ type of study (T) ➕ number of patients/sample (N) ➕ time (t) ➖ population (P),     

      intervention (I), comparison (C), outcome (O, OC).

General Glossary

Complete glossary here