In this study, 120 patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) will be included on a two years-period in an intensive care unit (Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Marseille, France). Those patients will benefit from a blood test at inclusion in order to measure several coagulation biomarkers, including EV-TF. Subsequently, these patients will be treated according to the usual practices of the department, following recommendations. Patients who received an injected CT scan between Day 5 and Day 28 will be divided into two groups based on the presence or absence of a pulmonary embolism on imaging. The measured values of EV-TF levels and other studied biomarkers will be compared between these two groups in order to detect a possible association between them and the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism. It should be noted that patients receiving an injected CT-scan between Day 5 and Day 7 will be included in the main analysis while those receiving it between Day 8 and Day 28 will be included in the secondary analysis. Others will be excluded from any analysis. At the same time, several collections of clinical data will be carried out: on Day 1, Day 7, Day 28, and on the day of the CT scan if it is performed at another time.
Patient 18 years of age or older,
Patient who has given his/her non-opposition to participate in this study, or alternatively, patient for whom a relative has given his/her non-opposition to participate in this study,
Patient admitted to intensive care for less than 24 hours,
Patient with ARDS according to the Berlin criteria,
Positive SARS-CoV-2 PCR in a pharyngeal or respiratory sample (cytobacteriological examination of sputum, bronchial aspiration or bronchoalveolar lavage) prior to admission to the intensive care unit,
Patient with a pathology affecting the coagulation process or endothelial function (hemophilia, von Willebrand disease, etc.),
Patient receiving curative anticoagulant treatment before admission to the intensive care unit,
Patient undergoing extracorporeal veno-venous respiratory assistance (ECMO-VV) before admission to the intensive care unit,