Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC)

Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation is a severe complication of septic shock, associated with high mortality, whose diagnosis relies on complex scores that are rarely used in practice. Preliminary studies have shown that increased neutrophil fluorescence is associated with Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation and could reflect NETosis, a key mechanism of immunothrombosis. This study aims to validate neutrophil fluorescence measured on the SthemA 801 analyzer, alone or integrated into an artificial intelligence model, as an early, reliable, and routinely usable biomarker for the diagnosis of septic Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation.

Sepsis is a medical emergency whose prognosis depends on the early identification of patients at risk of septic shock, but the tools available in the Emergency Department remain insufficient. Neutrophils, key players in immunothrombosis, show alterations detectable via cell fluorescence (e.g., NE-SFL), which are strongly correlated with the severity of sepsis and septic DIC. The FLAMES study will evaluate, from the time of admission to the Emergency Department, the relevance of neutrophil fluorescence as an early biomarker of severity, either alone or integrated into an AI model based on the multiparametric data from the SthemA 801, with comparison to the Sysmex XN. It aims to address an unmet clinical need: the immediate stratification of the risk of severe forms of sepsis. Hypothesis: higher initial fluorescence will identify patients at risk of organ failure, septic shock, or DIC.