The indications for investigations in all patients who underwent ileocolonoscopy and enteroscopy are as follows: abdominal discomfort or pain, constipation, diarrhea, gastrointestinal bleeding, adenoma follow-up, screening for colorectal cancer, health check-up and miscellaneous indications.
Indication for mTEE assessment was circulatory failure in 45 patients (cardiogenic shock in 17 patients, septic shock in 17 patients, cardiac dysfunction post cardiac surgery in 8 patients, post resuscitation syndrome in 3 patients) and respiratory failure in 5 patients (3 patients pneumonia, 2 patients thoracic trauma) whereas 5 patients had other, miscellaneous indications.
Indications for antibiotic therapy.
Indications for intracranial pressure monitoring.
List indications for intubation 3.
Indications for blood draw for the Polish sera were diagnostic screening before surgical procedures (~75% of sera), health checks required for employment (~15%), miscellaneous (~10%) [ 24].
Indications for LT were post necrotic cirrhosis (49%), cholestatic liver disease (30%), metabolic disease (10%), acute liver failure (7%), and miscellaneous (5%).
Indications for ECMO support were weaning failure from cardiopulmonary bypass (58%), postoperative cardiogenic shock (25%), immediate posttransplant cardiac graft failure (6%), postoperative respiratory failure (2%), postoperative bleeding/tamponade with cardiogenic shock (7%), and miscellaneous conditions (3%).
Indications for vitrectomy surgery were macula on retinal detachment in 17(19%) eyes, macular off retinal detachment in 15(17%), macular pucker in 15(17%), macular hole in 15(17%), proliferative diabetic retinopathy in 14(16%), and miscellaneous in 11(13%).
Main indications for RHC were: circulatory failure in 29 patients (cardiogenic shock: n = 11; haemorrhagic or hypovolemic shock: n = 11; septic shock: n = 5; and other shock: n = 2) and acute respiratory failure in the 27 remaining patients (cardiogenic pulmonary oedema: n = 9; ALI: n = 5; ARDS: n = 8; and miscellaneous: n = 5).
