Pseudosepsis: rectus sheath hematoma mimicking septic shock
| Autor: | Michael E. Khalife, Burke A. Cunha, Naveed S. Hamid, Philip F. Spadafora |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty Rectus Abdominis Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine Sepsis Diagnosis Differential Hematoma medicine Humans cardiovascular diseases Rectus sheath hematoma business.industry Septic shock Rectus sheath medicine.disease Shock Septic Surgery Pulmonary embolism body regions medicine.anatomical_structure Anesthesia Shock (circulatory) cardiovascular system Abdomen medicine.symptom Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Tomography X-Ray Computed |
| Zdroj: | Heartlung : the journal of critical care. 35(6) |
| ISSN: | 0147-9563 |
| Popis: | There are many noninfectious disorders in the critical care unit (CCU) that mimic sepsis. Pseudosepsis is the term applied to noninfectious disorders that mimic sepsis. Fever/leukocytosis is not diagnostic of infection but frequently accompanies a wide variety of noninfectious disorders. When fever/leukocytosis and hypotension are present, sepsis is the presumptive diagnosis until proven otherwise. After empiric therapy for sepsis is initiated, the clinician should rule out the noninfectious causes of pseudosepsis. The most common causes of pseudosepsis in the CCU setting are pulmonary embolism, myocardial infarction, gastrointestinal hemorrhage, overzealous diuretic therapy, acute pancreatitis, relative adrenal insufficiency, and (rarely) rectus sheath hematoma. Rectus sheath hematoma may occur secondary to trauma/anticoagulation therapy and may present as an acute surgical abdomen mimicking sepsis. Rectus sheath hematoma should be considered when other causes of pseudosepsis or sepsis fail to explain persistent hypotension unresponsive to fluids/pressors. The diagnosis of rectus sheath hematoma is by abdominal ultrasound or computed tomography scan. If the abdominal computed tomography scan is negative for other intra-abdominal pathology and other causes of pseudosepsis are eliminated, then the diagnosis of pseudosepsis caused by rectus sheath hematoma is confirmed by demonstrating a hematoma in the rectus sheath. Treatment of rectus sheath hematoma is surgical drainage and ligation of any bleeding vessels. Evacuation of the rectus sheath hematoma rapidly reverses the patient's hypotension and is curative. We describe a case of pseudosepsis caused by rectus sheath hematoma in an elderly man with hypotension unresponsive to fluids/pressors and mimicking septic shock. Clinicians should be aware that rectus sheath hematoma is a rare but important cause of pseudosepsis in patients in the CCU. |
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