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Cardiorespiratory patterns in viral septicemia.

D G Okrent1, E Abraham, D Winston

  • 1Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, UCLA Center for the Health Sciences.

The American Journal of Medicine
|October 1, 1987
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Viral infections can cause septic shock with a high cardiac output and low systemic vascular resistance. Unlike bacterial shock, viral septic shock shows normal pulmonary vascular resistance, sparing the lungs.

Area of Science:

  • Critical Care Medicine
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Cardiology

Background:

  • Viral infections can lead to hypotension and shock.
  • The specific cardiorespiratory patterns in viral septic shock remain undescribed.
  • Cytomegalovirus (CMV) sepsis is a severe form of viral infection.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe the cardiorespiratory patterns in patients with fatal cytomegalovirus sepsis.
  • To compare the hemodynamic profile of viral septic shock with bacterial sepsis.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective review of the clinical course of nine patients who died from overwhelming cytomegalovirus sepsis.
  • Analysis of cardiorespiratory parameters including cardiac index, systemic vascular resistance index (SVRI), and pulmonary vascular resistance index (PVRI).

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Main Results:

  • Viral septicemia was characterized by an increased cardiac index and elevated oxygen delivery.
  • A decreased systemic vascular resistance index (SVRI) was observed, indicating a low peripheral resistance state.
  • Pulmonary vascular resistance index (PVRI) remained normal, distinguishing it from bacterial sepsis and endotoxemia.

Conclusions:

  • Overwhelming viral infections, such as CMV sepsis, can induce a high-output, low-flow shock state.
  • The relative preservation of pulmonary circulation in viral shock may be due to the absence of endotoxemia.
  • These findings highlight distinct hemodynamic patterns in viral versus bacterial septic shock.