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However, no study has directly assessed the relationship between preoperative asymptomatic viral carriage and postoperative ARDS.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Objective<\/jats:title>\n The VIRUS-ATTAC study aims to determine whether asymptomatic carriage of influenza or other respiratory viruses is independently associated with postoperative ARDS following elective cardiac surgery under CPB.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods<\/jats:title>\n VIRUS-ATTAC is a prospective, multicenter, low-interventional clinical study conducted across 5 French university hospitals and sponsored by Rennes University Hospital. Adult patients scheduled for elective cardiac surgery under CPB are eligible. A nasopharyngeal flocked swab is collected at anesthesia induction and tested using a multiplex reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction assay detecting 16 respiratory viruses. Results are kept blinded to the clinical team. The primary outcome is ARDS within 7 postoperative days, defined using the Berlin criteria and adjudicated by an independent blinded committee. Secondary outcomes include reintubation, postoperative pulmonary complications, pneumonia, ventilator-free days, intensive care unit\u2013free days, hospital-free days, and 28-day mortality. The primary analysis uses a causal inference framework with a directed acyclic graph for confounder selection and g-computation to estimate the average treatment effect of viral carriage on ARDS risk. A sample size of 1250 patients (including 250 asymptomatic influenza carriers) provides 80% power to detect a 5% absolute risk increase in ARDS (2-sided \u03b1=.05).<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n The VIRUS-ATTAC study received ethics approval from the Comit\u00e9 de Protection des Personnes Sud-Est VI, and recruitment was initiated in February 2021 across 5 French university hospitals. Data collection was completed on March 10, 2023. 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