Acute infective endocarditis masquerading as septic shock with acute respiratory distress syndrome

Acute infective endocarditis masquerading as septic shock with acute respiratory distress syndrome

Abstract Any new pulmonary edema warrants an urgent rule out of acute cardiac dysfunction. Because sepsis protocols emphasize rapid stabilization and treatment over etiologic evaluation, some cases of endocarditis may be missed as sepsis with acute respiratory distress syndrome.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: John W. Davis, Fawad Virk, Masood Ahmad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-12-01
Series:Clinical Case Reports
Subjects:
echocardiography
mitral valve regurgitation
point‐of‐care screening
sepsis | infective endocarditis
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3261
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spelling doaj-b5375771fc9b4e93bd0f2c88ee318b582021-08-02T06:23:38ZengWileyClinical Case Reports2050-09042020-12-018123148315210.1002/ccr3.3261Acute infective endocarditis masquerading as septic shock with acute respiratory distress syndromeJohn W. Davis0Fawad Virk1Masood Ahmad2Division of Cardiology Department of Internal Medicine University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston TX USADivision of Cardiology Department of Internal Medicine University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston TX USADivision of Cardiology Department of Internal Medicine University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston TX USAAbstract Any new pulmonary edema warrants an urgent rule out of acute cardiac dysfunction. Because sepsis protocols emphasize rapid stabilization and treatment over etiologic evaluation, some cases of endocarditis may be missed as sepsis with acute respiratory distress syndrome.https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3261echocardiographymitral valve regurgitationpoint‐of‐care screeningsepsis | infective endocarditis
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Masood Ahmad
Acute infective endocarditis masquerading as septic shock with acute respiratory distress syndrome
Clinical Case Reports
echocardiography
mitral valve regurgitation
point‐of‐care screening
sepsis | infective endocarditis
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Fawad Virk
Masood Ahmad
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title Acute infective endocarditis masquerading as septic shock with acute respiratory distress syndrome
title_short Acute infective endocarditis masquerading as septic shock with acute respiratory distress syndrome
title_full Acute infective endocarditis masquerading as septic shock with acute respiratory distress syndrome
title_fullStr Acute infective endocarditis masquerading as septic shock with acute respiratory distress syndrome
title_full_unstemmed Acute infective endocarditis masquerading as septic shock with acute respiratory distress syndrome
title_sort acute infective endocarditis masquerading as septic shock with acute respiratory distress syndrome
publisher Wiley
series Clinical Case Reports
issn 2050-0904
publishDate 2020-12-01
description Abstract Any new pulmonary edema warrants an urgent rule out of acute cardiac dysfunction. Because sepsis protocols emphasize rapid stabilization and treatment over etiologic evaluation, some cases of endocarditis may be missed as sepsis with acute respiratory distress syndrome.
topic echocardiography
mitral valve regurgitation
point‐of‐care screening
sepsis | infective endocarditis
url https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3261
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