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. 2022 Aug 4;11(15):4543. doi: 10.3390/jcm11154543

Table 1.

Descriptive table of systematic review results, including the 20 full texts analyzed.

Author Year Type of Study Country Period Number of Patient Clinical Setting Timing Outcome Findings AUC Cut Off
Benedetti et al. [21] 2021 prospective observational Italy March–April 2020 21 IMCU admission (T0), 24 h (T1), T3 e 5 severe disease
  • optimal MR-proADM cut-off point was 1.07 nmol/L (sensitivity 91% and specificity 71%)

  • strongest association with 30-days mortality

0.81 1.07 nmol/L
García de Guadiana-Romualdo et al. [22] 2021 prospective observational Spain March–April 2021 99 ED T0 mortality/severe disease progression
  • highest performance for predicting 90-day mortality

  • low level shows high negative predictive value to rule-out mid-term mortality

  • independent predictor for mid-term mortality;

  • highest prognostic accuracy for short-term mortality

0.871 0.80 nmol/L
Girona-Alarcon et al. [17] 2021 prospective observational cohort Spain March–June 2020 20 ICU hospitalization pediatric vs. adult population
  • higher values in children than in adults

Gregoriano et al. [23] 2021 prospective observational Switzerland February–April 2020 89 mixed population T0, T1, T2, T3 in-hospital mortality
  • increased 1.5-fold in patients with a fatal outcome

  • safe rule-out of in-hospital mortality in patients with low levels

0.78 0.93 nmol/L
Indirli et al. [24] 2022 retrospective Italy March–June 2020 116 IMCU At admission in-hospital
mortality
  • with copeptin, predicted in-hospital mortality, occurrence of sepsis or AKI

0.79 >1
Lhote et al. * 2021 prospective multicentric France July 2020 to February 2021 170 ICU T0 SOFA at day 3
  • insufficient data to confirm proADM validity

NA NA
Lo Sasso et al. [25] 2021 retrospective observational Italy September–October 2020 110 mixed population hospitalization Inhospital mortality
  • good accuracy for predicting mortality

0.95 1.73 nmol/L
Malinina et al. ** [15] 2020 retrospective observational Russia 37 ICU Bacterial superinfection
  • predicts superinfections in patients with SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia

Mendez et al. [26] 2021 longitudinal Spain March–June 2020 210 ED T0 in-hospital mortality
  • higher levels in COVID-19 patients

  • associated with poor outcomes

  • a sustained increase is associated with altered DLCO

NA 1.16
Minieri et al. [27] 2021 not specified Italy not specified 321 ED ED-triage overall in-hospital mortality
  • key role in the mortality risk stratification at the admission in ED

0.85 1.105
Montrucchio et al. [28] 2021 prospective observational Italy March–June 2020 57 ICU T0–1, T3, T7, T14 ICU mortality—trend
  • increased plasma levels indicate severity and worse prognosis in CAP, sepsis, ARDS, perioperative care

  • higher values in dying patients

  • predict mortality better than other biomarkers

  • repeated measurement may support a rapid decision-making

0.85 >1.8 nmol/L *
Moore et al. [29] 2022 prospective UK April–June 2020 135 ED at the admission 30-days mortality
  • predicts 30-day mortality

0.8441 1.54
Oblitas et al. [19] 2021 prospective Spain August–November 2020 95 ICU once within 72 h of ICU admission 30-day mortality and 30-day combined event
  • predicts 30-day mortality and 30-day poor outcomes

0.73 and 0.72 ≥1
Popov et al. [30] 2021 prospective observational Russia 97 mixed population mortality
  • most significant predictor of mortality compared to procalcitonin, saturation and NEWS score.

0.75 0.895 nmol/L
Roedl et al. [16] 2021 observational Germany March–September 2020 64 ICU ICU admission RRT versus no-RRT
  • on ICU admission is a strong predictor for RRT

  • early prediction within 24 h after admission

0.69
Simon et al. [18] 2021 prospective observational Germany March–April 2020 53 ICU Daily, T1–7 ARDS, ECMO, MV, RRT
  • associated with the severity of ARDS,

  • associated with need for organ support

  • correlation with 28-day mortality

bio-ADM: 70 pg/mL *
Sozio et al. [31] 2021 retrospective Italy March–May 2020 111 mixed population ED admission severe disease
  • significantly higher in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 and with negative outcome

0.85 Mortality 0.895 nmol/L
Spoto et al. [32] 2020 prospective observational Italy April–June 2020 69 mixed population hospitalization endothelial damage, MOF, severe disease
  • marker of organ damage, disease severity, and mortality

  • values ≥2 nmol/L were associated with a significantly higher mortality risk

0.78 ARDS 3.04; mortality 2 nmol/L
Van Oers et al. [33] 2021 prospective the Netherlands March–May 2020 105 ICU on a daily basis, during the first 7 days 28-day mortalit
  • with CT-proET-1 is able to identify patients with worst outcome

  • significantly higher levels of MR-proADM and CT-proET-1 in non-survivors persisted over time

0.84 1.57
Zaninotto et al. [34] 2021 retrospective Italy November 135 mixed population 7 days clinical outcomes
  • additional clinical value in stratifying risk and establishing the prognosis

0.900 1.50

List of abbreviations: Area Under the Curve, AUC; Emergency Department, ED; Intensive Care Unit, ICU; Intermediate Care Unit, IMCU; T: time express in days; Multiorgan Failure, MOF; Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, ARDS; Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation, ECMO; Diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide, DLCO; Mechanical Ventilation, MV; Renal Replacement Therapy, RRT; C-terminal proendothelin-1, CT-proET-1; MR-proadrenomedullin, MR-proADM; Sequential Organ Failure Assessment, SOFA. * only abstract available. ** full-text article provided by the corresponding author.