<p>Toxic products, such as endotoxin from the gram-negative and exotoxin from the gram-positive bacteria, are the most important initiators of the inflammatory host response in sepsis. In addition to antibacterial treatment, numerous attempts have been made to interfere with the exaggerated proinflammatory cascade initiated by the toxins. As most antitoxic and anti-inflammatory agents have shown no clear efficacy, an attractive alternative has been to prevent or minimise their release. Therefore, it was of interest to further study the antibiotic-induced release of toxins after exposure to antibiotics used for the treatment of the most severe infections, especially if protein synthesis inhibitors could reduce the release induced by PBP 3-specific β-lactam antibiotics.</p><p>There were significant reductions in endotoxin release from gram-negative bacteria when the combination of the PBP 3-specific β-lactam antibiotic, cefuroxime, and the protein synthesis inhibitor, tobramycin, was compared with cefuroxime alone. Increasing doses of tobramycin reduced endotoxin release and increased the killing rate. In a kinetic <i>in vitro</i> model the endotoxin release from <i>E.coli</i> was higher after the second dose of cefuroxime. Nevertheless, it was reduced after addition of tobramycin.</p><p>No binding of tobramycin to endotoxin was observed, either <i>in vivo</i> or <i>in vitro</i>. In a porcine sepsis model, a possible anti-inflammatory effect of ceftazidime and tobramycin, expressed as late cytokine inhibition, was seen.</p><p>The protein synthesis inhibitor, clindamycin, released less streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin A (SpeA) from a group A streptococcus strain than penicillin, and addition of clindamycin to penicillin resulted in less toxin production than penicillin alone. The SpeA production was dependent on the bacterial number at the start of treatment. Higher doses of penicillin also led to less SpeA. </p><p>The choice of antibiotic class and dose may be important in the severely ill septic patient in whom an additional toxin release could be deleterious. A combination of a β-lactam antibiotic and a protein synthesis inhibitor seems beneficial but further investigations are needed.</p>

<p>In patients with sepsis, the activation of the cascade systems, for example the complement system with the generation of C5a, is followed by a state of immunosuppression with impaired bactericidal capacity caused by suppression of the neutrophil granulocytes. To inhibit the C5a-induced systemic inflammatory and the following anti-inflammatory responses, different anti-C5a strategies have been successful in experimental models of sepsis. In animals and in healthy volunteers after injection of lipopolysaccharide (LPS), an up-regulation of the C5a receptor (C5aR) has been reported. Before designing clinical studies, it was of importance to increase the knowledge of C5a and C5aR regulation in humans. </p><p>At the time when the diagnosis of severe sepsis or septic shock can be established clinically, granulocyte C5aR expression, analysed by flow cytometer, was shown to be reduced, whereas monocyte C5aR expression was unchanged. There was a correlation between granulocyte C5aR expression and the severity of disease, as measured by the APACHE II score. </p><p><i>Ex vivo</i> incubation of whole blood with LPS resulted in a reduction in granulocyte C5aR expression. Such a reduction was not found in isolated cells, indicating that the effect was mediated via plasma factors, such as C5a, IL-8 and TNF-α which all were shown to reduce C5aR expression <i>ex vivo</i>.</p><p>Although there was a trend between chemotaxis, as measured by migration in a modified Boyden chamber, and C5aR expression on granulocytes from patients with severe sepsis or septic shock or from healthy individuals, the correlation failed to reach statistical significance.</p><p>It is concluded that granulocyte C5aR expression is affected by several plasma factors and that a reduction is clinically evident at the time of the sepsis diagnosis. Reduced granulocyte C5aR expression is associated with an impaired chemotaxis but does not alone limit the chemotactic response.</p>

Toxic products, such as endotoxin from the gram-negative and exotoxin from the gram-positive bacteria, are the most important initiators of the inflammatory host response in sepsis. In addition to antibacterial treatment, numerous attempts have been made to interfere with the exaggerated proinflammatory cascade initiated by the toxins. As most antitoxic and anti-inflammatory agents have shown no clear efficacy, an attractive alternative has been to prevent or minimise their release. Therefore, it was of interest to further study the antibiotic-induced release of toxins after exposure to antibiotics used for the treatment of the most severe infections, especially if protein synthesis inhibitors could reduce the release induced by PBP 3-specific β-lactam antibiotics. There were significant reductions in endotoxin release from gram-negative bacteria when the combination of the PBP 3-specific β-lactam antibiotic, cefuroxime, and the protein synthesis inhibitor, tobramycin, was compared with cefuroxime alone. Increasing doses of tobramycin reduced endotoxin release and increased the killing rate. In a kinetic in vitro model the endotoxin release from E.coli was higher after the second dose of cefuroxime. Nevertheless, it was reduced after addition of tobramycin. No binding of tobramycin to endotoxin was observed, either in vivo or in vitro. In a porcine sepsis model, a possible anti-inflammatory effect of ceftazidime and tobramycin, expressed as late cytokine inhibition, was seen. The protein synthesis inhibitor, clindamycin, released less streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin A (SpeA) from a group A streptococcus strain than penicillin, and addition of clindamycin to penicillin resulted in less toxin production than penicillin alone. The SpeA production was dependent on the bacterial number at the start of treatment. Higher doses of penicillin also led to less SpeA. The choice of antibiotic class and dose may be important in the severely ill septic patient in whom an additional toxin release could be deleterious. A combination of a β-lactam antibiotic and a protein synthesis inhibitor seems beneficial but further investigations are needed.

In patients with sepsis, the activation of the cascade systems, for example the complement system with the generation of C5a, is followed by a state of immunosuppression with impaired bactericidal capacity caused by suppression of the neutrophil granulocytes. To inhibit the C5a-induced systemic inflammatory and the following anti-inflammatory responses, different anti-C5a strategies have been successful in experimental models of sepsis. In animals and in healthy volunteers after injection of lipopolysaccharide (LPS), an up-regulation of the C5a receptor (C5aR) has been reported. Before designing clinical studies, it was of importance to increase the knowledge of C5a and C5aR regulation in humans. At the time when the diagnosis of severe sepsis or septic shock can be established clinically, granulocyte C5aR expression, analysed by flow cytometer, was shown to be reduced, whereas monocyte C5aR expression was unchanged. There was a correlation between granulocyte C5aR expression and the severity of disease, as measured by the APACHE II score. Ex vivo incubation of whole blood with LPS resulted in a reduction in granulocyte C5aR expression. Such a reduction was not found in isolated cells, indicating that the effect was mediated via plasma factors, such as C5a, IL-8 and TNF-α which all were shown to reduce C5aR expression ex vivo. Although there was a trend between chemotaxis, as measured by migration in a modified Boyden chamber, and C5aR expression on granulocytes from patients with severe sepsis or septic shock or from healthy individuals, the correlation failed to reach statistical significance. It is concluded that granulocyte C5aR expression is affected by several plasma factors and that a reduction is clinically evident at the time of the sepsis diagnosis. Reduced granulocyte C5aR expression is associated with an impaired chemotaxis but does not alone limit the chemotactic response.

Adrenal insufficiency is common in pediatric patients with septic shock, but remains underdiagnosed in the early stages of sepsis. The early recognition of the factors representing risk for septic shock is crucial, since no control of them can increase the risk of death. This study aimed to verify the occurrence of adrenal insufficiency and describe the clinical and initial laboratory findings in children hospitalized for sepsis. This was a descriptive study, which included children admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit of the University Hospital of Santa Maria, in the period from March to October, 2013. We studied five patients with sepsis. For adrenal insufficiency diagnoses we performed the ACTH stimulation test. A positive test was considered when an increment on the cortisol level equal or less 9 μg/dL occurred. Five children were analyzed, 80 % were male with a mean age of 7.3 years (±4.2). The initial laboratorial findings confirmed the presence of sepsis. Adrenal insufficiency was diagnosed in 2 of 5 patients studied, representing 40 %. Only one patient (20%) required mechanical ventilation. There was no progression to septic shock in any of the patients studied. All patients were discharges from hospital. We concluded that adrenal insufficiency may be present in pediatric patients with sepsis, in its earliest stages. / A insuficiência adrenal é comum em pacientes pediátricos com choque séptico, porém permanece subdiagnosticada nas fases mais precoces da sepse. Reconhecer precocemente os fatores de progressão para o choque séptico é de fundamental importância, uma vez que, o não controle dos mesmos favorece a lesão de órgãos nobres, aumentando, dessa forma, o risco de morte. Este estudo teve por objetivo verificar a ocorrência de insuficiência adrenal e descrever a evolução clínica e os achados laboratoriais iniciais em crianças internadas por sepse. Estudo descritivo, tipo série de casos, que incluiu crianças admitidas na Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Pediátrica do Hospital Universitário de Santa Maria, no período de março/2013 a outubro/2013. Foram estudados pacientes com diagnóstico de sepse. A insuficiência adrenal foi diagnosticada através da realização do teste de estimulação com ACTH (teste da cortrosina). O nível de cortisol foi dosado imediatamente antes (basal) e uma hora após a administração venosa de 250 μg do análogo sintético do ACTH. Um incremento menor ou igual a 9 μ/dL no cortisol sérico definiu insuficiência adrenal. Foram estudadas 5 crianças, sendo 80% do sexo masculino, com idade média de 7,3 anos (±4,2). Os achados laboratoriais iniciais confirmavam presença de sepse. Insuficiência adrenal foi diagnosticada em 2 dos 5 pacientes, representando 40%. Apenas um paciente (20%) necessitou de suporte ventilatório. Não houve evolução para choque séptico em nenhum dos pacientes estudados. Todos os pacientes receberam alta hospitalar. Concluiu-se a insuficiência adrenal pode estar presente, em pacientes pediátricos com diagnóstico de sepse, nas suas fases mais precoces.

Made available in DSpace on 2011-11-09T14:45:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 1648 bytes, checksum: e095249ac7cacefbfe39684dfe45e706 (MD5) 000236.pdf: 1059968 bytes, checksum: 179a3e551b0c192667dabc04c5f18fbe (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008 / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Fernandes Figueira. Departamento de Ensino. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde da Criança e da Mulher. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil / Objetivos: Este estudo descreve a evolução da função cardíaca de 34 crianças sépticas admitidas na UTI Pediátrica de um hospital público do Rio de Janeiro, com base em critérios ecocardiográficos e de Doppler esofágico (DE). É a primeira proposta de aplicação do índice de desempenho miocárdico (IDM) para avaliação de disfunção miocárdica associada a sepse em crianças, mostrando sua correlação com dados do Doppler esofágico. Visava-se calcular a confiabilidade intraobservador das medidas do IDM, correlacionar a FE e Fenc com o IDM-VE, todas as medidas com os índices prognósticos: PIM e PRISM e mostrar as mudanças evolutivas na função miocárdica através do IDM biventricular. Métodos: De 2005 a 2007, foram selecionadas crianças da UTI Pediátrica do Instituto Fernandes Figueira com critérios de choque séptico refratário a líquidos, que foram submetidas a ecocardiograma seriado nas fases aguda e evolutiva da doença, com medidas dos diâmetros cavitários, fração de ejeção (FE), fração de encurtamento (Fenc) e IDM biventricular. Parte dos pacientes foi monitorizada com DE. Resultados: Foram examinadas 34 crianças, 17 destas foram monitorizadas com DE. Nove crianças (26,5%) tinham FE < 65% na fase aguda. A sensibilidade da FE na fase aguda foi maior do que o IDM para o diagnóstico de disfunção ventricular esquerda. Nove crianças (26,5%) apresentavam IDM-VD alterado na fase aguda. Corroborouse uma alta confiabilidade das medidas do IDM biventricular com coeficiente de correlação de concordância entre 0,95 e 0,99. Houve correlação negativa entre as medidas de FE e IDM-VE (r= -0,42, p=0,01), bem como houve diferença significativa do IDM-VE entre as fases: diferença média = 0,07 com IC 95% (0,02; 0,12). Não se confirmou o valor prognóstico do IDM. Os dados do DE, apesar de sua utilidade na prática clínica, não se correlacionaram com os dados ecocardiográficos. Conclusões: O estudo conclui que o IDM não é um parâmetro mais precoce para o diagnóstico de disfunção ventricular esquerda do que a FE, entretanto pode ser um parâmetro evolutivo importante. A avaliação da função ventricular direita pelo IDM mostrou incidência de disfunção do VD precoce significativa. O estudo sugere que o IDM pode ter aplicação no diagnóstico evolutivo da disfunção miocárdica associada a sepse em associação às medidas já tradicionalmente utilizadas. / Objectives:The present study describes the outcome of 34 septic children admited in a public hospital PICU in Rio de Janeiro based on echocardiografic and Esophageal Doppler (ED) parameters. It’s the first to use the Tei index, or myocardial perfomance index (MPI), to diagnose myocardial disfunction in septic children, correlating it to ED parameters. The objective of the study was to calculate the intraobserver variability, to correlate EF and SF to LV-MPI, to correlate EF, SF and LV-MPI to prognostic index: PIM / PRISM, to show evolutive changes in cardiac function through biventricular MPI. Methods: From 2005 to 2007, children admited to the Fernandes Figueira Institute PICU with refractory to fluids shock criteria were submited to echocardiography in the acute and evolutive phases of the disease. The following measures were done: ejection fraction (EF), shortening fraction (SF), RV-MPI and LV-MPI. Part of these children were also monitorized with esophageal Doppler. Results: 34 children were examined, 17 (50%) were monitorized with ED. Nine children (26,5%) had EF < 65% in the acute phase. EF showed better sensitivity than LV-MPI to diagnose myocardial disfunction in the acute phase. Nine children (26,5%) had altered RV-MPI in the first exam. The findings could corroborate the IDM high liability with concordance correlation coefficient between 0,95 and 0,99. There was a negative correlation between EF and LVMPI ( r= -0,42, p=0,01) and a significant difference between phases to LV-MPI (mean difference=0,07; 95%CI 0,02:0,12). The study was not able to confirm the MPI prognostic value. ED parameters were not significatively correlated to echocardiographic data, although useful in clinical practice. Conclusions: MPI was not better than EF to diagnose sooner LV disfunction, although it can be important in follow-up. RV disfunction evaluated through MPI was relatively frequent in the acute phase. This study suggested that the MPI may have an application in evolutive diagnosis of myocardial disfunction associated to sepsis when included in the standard echocardiographic protocol.

Ce travail porte sur le rôle des microparticules procoagulantes (MPs) générées par les cellules vasculaires en réponse à un état septique. Après une introduction rappelant la structure et les propriétés des microparticules et la réponse del’hôte à un agent pathogène, en particulier en terme d’activation de la coagulation, nous rapportons nos travauxexpérimentaux et cliniques. Le premier travail a été réalisé sur un modèle cellulaire de vésiculation induite par le LPS. Il nous a permis de caractériser le transfert du complexe CD14/TLR4 à différents types cellulaires in-vitro dépourvus du récepteur au LPS. Ainsi, les MPs monocytaires pourraient avoir un rôle d’amplification de la réponse inflammatoire mais aussi dans la réponse anti-inflammatoire secondaire en participant à l’apoptose lymphocytaire. Le second travail aété réalisé chez l’animal. Après induction d’un choc septique, nous avons observé une amélioration hémodynamique enréponse à la perfusion de protéine C activée associée à une modulation du phénotype des MPs. Réinjectées à des ratsnaïfs, les MPs issues des rats septiques traités par protéine C activée développaient une moindre vasoplégie. Enfin, nous avons réalisé une étude prospective sur 100 patients en choc septique. Nous avons ainsi pu caractériser la présence d’une concentration élevée de microparticules procoagulantes, avec une variation phénotypique en présence de coagulation intravasculaire disséminée (CIVD) : réduction du contingent plaquettaire au profit des MPs d’origine leucocytaires qui deviennent prépondérantes et témoignent d’une activation leucocytaire accrue, et surtout une activation des cellules endothéliales avec génération de MPs porteuses d’endogline (CD105). En analyse multivariée,CD105+-MPs étaient fortement associée à la CIVD et pourraient constituer un marqueur précoce de l’atteinte endothéliale au cours du choc septique. / This work focused on procoagulant microparticles shed after vascular cells stress during sepsis. The first part gives an overview on MPs and host response during pathogen challenge. The first lab experimental work confirms direct and functional transfer of CD14/TLR4 LPS sensor by MPs shed to target cells after monocytic THP-1 challenge by LPS.CD14-MPs amplify LPS-induced apoptosis in monocytes but also prompted lymphocyte apoptosis and could play a role in secondary anti-inflammatory response. Then, septic shock was induced in rats after caecal ligature and puncture.Activated protein C (APC) infusion improved haemodynamic parameters and alter septic microparticular content. Infused in naïve rats, APC-treated MPs were associated with reduced hypotension and inflammatory response, confirming cytoprotective effect of both APC and APC-induced MPs. Finally, we performed a clinical prospective study in 3 medical ICU in France. Patients referred for septic shock had an increased level of circulating procoagulant MPs regardless disseminated intravascular coagulopathy (DIC) diagnosis. Nevertheless, DIC patients evidenced a specific pattern with lower platelet-MPs, increased leucocyte-MPs and specific endothelial cells activation with endoglin (CD105) shedding. In multiple logistic regression analysis, CD105-MPs were strongly associated with DIC and were evidenced before DIC diagnosis according to routine laboratory assays.

Objetivos: O objetivo do estudo foi avaliar se uma estratégia restritiva de transfusão de hemácias era superior a uma estratégia liberal na redução de mortalidade em 28 dias de pacientes oncológicos críticos com choque séptico. Desenho: unicêntrico, randomizado, duplo cego e controlado. Local: Unidade de Terapia Intensiva do Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo. Pacientes: Pacientes adultos com neoplasia admitidos na Unidade de Terapia Intensiva (UTI) nas primeiras 6 horas do diagnóstico de choque séptico. Intervenção: Os pacientes foram randomizados para uma estratégia liberal (transfusão de hemácias se hemoglobina < 9 g/dL) ou para uma estratégia restritiva (transfusão de hemácias se hemoglobina < 7 g/dL) durante a permanência na Unidade de Terapia Intensiva. Desfecho primário: Mortalidade por todas as causas após 28 dias. Resultados: O estudo foi realizado no período de junho de 2012 a maio de 2014. Foram randomizados 300 pacientes para as estratégias de transfusão liberal (n = 149) ou restritiva (n = 151). A mortalidade após 28 dias da randomização ocorreu em 67 pacientes do grupo liberal (45%) e em 84 pacientes do grupo restritivo (56%) (RR 1,53; intervalo de confiança 95%, 0,97-2,52, P=0,07). A mortalidade 90 dias após a randomização foi de 59% no grupo liberal e 70% no grupo restritivo (RR 1,63; intervalo de confiança 95%, 1,01-2,63; P=0,044). Os pacientes do grupo liberal receberam mais unidades de transfusão de hemácias quando comparados aos pacientes do grupo restritivo (1 [0-3] unidade vs 0 [0-2] unidade, P < 0,001). Conclusões: O estudo confirmou que uma estratégia restritiva de transfusão de hemácias quando comparada a uma estratégia liberal, não reduziu a mortalidade em 28 dias de pacientes oncológicos com choque séptico / Objective: To assess whether a restrictive strategy of red blood cell (RBC) transfusion reduces 28-day mortality when compared to a liberal strategy in cancer patients with septic shock. Design: Single center, randomized, double-blind controlled trial. Setting: Teaching hospital. Patients: Adult cancer patients with septic shock in the first 6 hours of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) admission. Interventions: Patients were randomized to a liberal (hemoglobin threshold < 9 g/dL) or to a restrictive strategy (hemoglobin threshold < 7 g/dL) of red blood cell transfusion during ICU stay. Measurements and Main Results: The primary outcome was 28-day all-cause mortality after randomization. Between June 2012 and May 2014, 300 patients were randomized to the liberal transfusion strategy (n=149) or to the restrictive transfusion strategy (n=151) strategy. At 28 days after randomization, mortality rate in the liberal group was 45% (67 patients) compared with 56% (84 patients) in the restrictive group (hazard ratio, 1.53; 95% confidence interval, 0.97 to 2.52; P=0.07). At 90 days after randomization, mortality rate in the liberal group was 59% compared with 70% in the restrictive group (hazard ratio, 1.63; 95% confidence interval, 1.01 to 2.63; P=0.044). Patients in the liberal group received more RBC units than patients in the restrictive group (1 [0-3] unit vs. 0 [0-2] unit, P < 0.001). Conclusions: A restrictive strategy of RBC transfusion did not decrease 28-day mortality rate of patients admitted to ICU due to septic shock when compared to a liberal strategy

INTRODUÇÃO: Sepse e choque séptico são doenças comuns em pacientes gravemente enfermos, evoluindo muitas vezes com síndrome de disfunção de múltiplos órgãos (SDMO) e morte. Este trabalho investiga a eficácia da administração precoce de dexametasona em evitar a progressão do choque séptico para SDMO e morte e o comportamento da proteína amilóide A sérica (SAA) e da proteína C-reativa (PCR) como marcadores da evolução e gravidade dos pacientes em choque séptico no período pós-operatório. MÉTODOS: Estudo prospectivo, aleatório, duplamente encoberto, realizado na Unidade de Terapia Intensiva pós-operatória do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, com 29 pacientes que no período pós-operatório evoluíram com choque séptico. Os participantes foram divididos de forma aleatória em dois grupos, de acordo com a solução administrada: dexametasona 0,2 mg/kg (grupo D) ou placebo (grupo P), repetidas a cada 36 horas. Os pacientes foram acompanhados durante sete dias de internação na UTI através do escore SOFA (Sequential Organ Failure Assessment) e dosagens séricas diárias de PCR, SAA e lactato. RESULTADOS: Os pacientes do grupo D, quando comparados aos pacientes do grupo P, permaneceram mais dias sem necessidade do uso do vasopressor (respectivamente 2,9±2,7 e 0,7±0,6, p=0,01) e mais tempo livre de ventilação mecânica (respectivamente 2,6±2,5 e 0,6±0,5, p=0,03). A mortalidade no grupo P foi de 67% (10 em 15) e no grupo D foi de 21% (3 em 14) (Risco Relativo=0,31, IC95% 0,11-0,88). Os valores de PCR e SAA apresentaram forte correlação durante o período de observação (R=0,91/p=0,002). PCR e SAA não tiveram correlação com o escore SOFA (respectivamente R=0,71/p=0,05 e R=0,52/p=0,18), nem com o lactato (p=0,88 e p=0,67). CONCLUSÕES: O tratamento precoce com dexametasona nos pacientes com choque séptico reduziu a mortalidade em 7 dias de acompanhamento. Os níveis séricos de PCR e SAA apresentaram-se elevados nos pacientes em choque séptico e tiveram forte correlação, porém não foram preditores de disfunção orgânica nem de mortalidade. / INTRODUCTION: Sepsis and septic shock are a very common condition in critically ill patients, leading to multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) and death. This study aimed at investigating the efficacy of early administration of dexamethasone in patients with septic shock in order to block the evolution to MODS and death. It also evaluated serum amyloid A protein (SAA) and C-reactive protein (CRP) as evolution and organ dysfunction markers in postoperative septic shock patients. METHODS: Prospective, randomized, double-blind study, developed in a surgical intensive care unit of Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo that involved 29 patients with septic shock. All eligible patients were prospectively randomized to receive either a dose of 0.2 mg/kg of dexamethasone (group D) or placebo (group P), repeated every 36 hours intervals. Patients were monitored over a 7- day period by Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score (SOFA) and daily measurements of CRP, SAA and lactate. RESULTS: Patients treated with dexamethasone had more vasopressor therapy-free days (2.9±2.7 versus 0.7±0.6, p=0.01) and more mechanical ventilation-free days (2.6±2.5 e 0.6±0.5, p=0.03). Mortality in group P was 67% (10 in 15) and in group D was 21% (3 in 14) (Relative Risk=0.31, 95%CI 0.11 to 0.88). CRP and SAA were strongly correlated during the 7 day period of observation (R=0.91/p=0.002). CRP and SAA did not correlate with SOFA (respectively R=0.71/p=0.05 and R=0.52/p=0.18) and lactate (p=0.88 and p=0.67). CONCLUSIONS: Early treatment with dexamethasone reduced 7-day mortality in septic shock patients. CRP and SAA levels were significantly elevated in septic shock and were strongly correlated to each other, but did neither correlate with organ dysfunction nor predict mortality.

A instabilidade hemodinâmica que é verificada no choque séptico tem como componente a redução da perfusão dos tecidos, que conhecidamente agrava a sua morbi-mortalidade. Sabendo-se disso, a escolha precoce e correta da terapia a ser instituída, incluindo o tipo e o tempo de administração de fluidos, é importante para que se aumente a taxa de sobrevivência desses pacientes. Deste modo, este experimento foi delineado para melhor compreender macro e micro hemodinamicamente esta síndrome, com o intuito de verificar os efeitos do tratamento precoce com a solução hipertônica-isoncótica e pentoxifilina em suínos em choque séptico experimental. Para tanto, avaliou-se os efeitos da solução hipertônica-isoncótica (Hyperhaes®) frente a sua associação ou não à pentoxifilina, em comparação ao cristalóide Ringer lactato. Foram utilizados 29 suínos machos e fêmeas com 29 kg em média. O choque séptico foi induzido por solução intravascular (0,6 x 1010 ufc/kg) da cepa O55 enteropatogênica de Escherichia coli, administrada durante 60 minutos. Os animais foram observados sem intervenção por 30 minutos e o tratamento foi escolhido randomicamente: grupo Ringer lactato (32ml/kg em 20 minutos, n=9); solução hipertônica-isoncótica (4 ml/kg em 5 minutos, n=7); solução hipertônica-isoncótica com pentoxifilina (4ml/kg e 25mg/kg, respectivamente, em 5 minutos, n=8) e grupo Controle (sem tratamento, n=5). Os animais receberam solução fisiológica 0,9% como fluidoterapia de manutenção (10 ml/kg/hora) sem qualquer outra intervenção além dos tratamentos estipulados em cada grupo, ao longo do período de avaliação. Foi realizada avaliação hemodinâmica bem como da ventilação e oxigenação. Nos tempos 120 e 150 minutos observou-se a saturação venosa mista de oxigênio dos animais e no caso desta se encontrar abaixo de 70% fez-se novo fluido de resgate (grupos HS e HSPTX receberam 32 ml/kg de solução fisiológica 0,9% em 20 minutos e grupo RL, 32 ml/kg de Ringer Lactato, também em 20 min.). Amostras de tecido para exame histopatológico foram colhidas do coração, pulmão, jejuno, cólon, fígado e rins, e mantidos em solução 10% de formol tamponado. A inoculação de E. coli resultou em estado rápido e progressivo de deterioração hemodinâmica dos animais, com a presença de hipertensão pulmonar e sua conseqüente disfunção cardíaca (baixo débito cardíaco e fração de ejeção). Houve, em todos os grupos, a redução progressiva da pressão arterial média e sua estabilização em valores próximos a 50 mmHg aos 90 minutos, com a pressão arterial média pulmonar seguindo esta mesma tendência. Já em relação ao índice de resistência vascular sistêmica, ao longo do tempo, observou-se uma diminuição significativa entre os grupos Controle e HSPTX (p < 0,01) e entre os grupos Controle e RL (p < 0,05), com os valores do grupo Controle ficando acima dos demais. Quanto ao índice de fluxo portal houve diferença significativa entre os grupos HS e RL ao longo do tempo (p 0,05) (decréscimo de 2,08 ml/min. do grupo HS em relação ao grupo RL). Já entre os grupos RL e HSPTX verificou-se uma diferença significativa (p < 0,001) de comportamento ao longo do tempo em relação aos valores de lactato, com o grupo HSPTX sofrendo aumento de 0,02 mmol/dl/min. em relação ao grupo RL. Os grupos HS e HSPTX mostraram redução dos valores do gradiente veno-arterial de CO2 em relação aos grupos Controle e RL (-0,08 a -0,05 mmHg/min.), mas houve, em contrapartida, um acréscimo dos valores do gradiente jejuno-arterial de CO2 dos grupos HS e HSPTX em relação ao RL (0,01 e 0,04 mmHg/min., respectivamente). A saturação venosa mista de oxigênio sofreu redução em seus valores durante a infusão de bactérias em todos os grupos e após a instituição dos tratamentos apresentou melhora em seus níveis apenas nos grupos HS e HSPTX, ficando acima de 70%, porém sem diferença estatística quando comparados aos grupos RL e Controle. Com isso, as soluções de HS e HSPTX provaram serem opções para a terapia alvo-dirigida na fase inicial da sepse experimental em suínos, embora haja a necessidade de maior investigação sobre a origem dos altos níveis de lactato encontrados no grupo HSPTX / The septic shock hemodynamic instability has as major component the reduction of tissue perfusion, which is known to aggravate morbidity and mortality. Knowing this, the early and correct choice of therapy to be instituted, including the type and time of fluid inoculation is an important step to help increase the survival rate of these patients. Thus, this experiment was designed to better understand the macro and micro-hemodynamic events of this syndrome, in order to verify the perfusion effects of early treatment with hypertonic-isoncotic saline solution and pentoxiphylline in septic shocked pigs. We studied the effects of hypertonic-isoncotic saline solution (Hyperhaes ®) compared to its association or not to pentoxiphylline, and compared to crystalloid Ringer lactate. We used 29 male and female pigs of 29kg on average. Septic shock was induced by an intravascular solution (0.6 x 1010 cfu/kg) of an enteropathogenic strain (O55) of Escherichia coli for 60 minutes. The animals were observed without intervention for 30 minutes and treatment was chosen randomly: group Ringer lactate (32ml/kg in 20 minutes, n = 9); hypertonic-isoncotic saline solution (4 ml/kg in 5 minutes, n = 7); hypertonic-isoncotic saline solution with pentoxiphylline (4ml/kg and 25mg/kg, respectively, in 5 minutes, n = 8) and Control group (no treatment, n = 5). The animals received maintenance fluid (10 ml/kg/hour 0.9% saline solution) without any other intervention than the treatments of each group during the evaluation period. Hemodynamic, ventilation and oxygenation assessments were performed. The mixed venous oxygen saturation was observed at 120 and 150 minutes and when it was below 70% a new fluid therapy was given (HSPTX and HS groups received 32 ml/kg of saline solution 0.9% in 20 minutes and RL group 32 ml/kg Ringer\'s lactate also in 20 min.). Tissue samples of the heart, lungs, jejunum, colon, liver and kidneys were collected for histopathological examination and kept in 10% buffered formaldehyde. Inoculation of E. coli resulted in a state of rapid and progressive hemodynamic deterioration with pulmonary hypertension and its consequent cardiac dysfunction (low cardiac output and ejection fraction). There was, in all groups, a progressive reduction of mean arterial pressure that stabilized close to 50 mmHg at 90 minutes, with the mean pulmonary arterial pressure following the same trend. In relation to systemic vascular resistance index, over time, there was a significant differentiation between HSPTX and Control groups (p 0.01) and Control and RL groups (p 0.05), with the Control group values above the others. In the rate of portal blood flow there was significant difference between HS and RL groups over time (p 0.05) (decline of 2.08 ml/min. by HS group when compared to RL group). HSPTX and RL groups showed a significant behavior difference (p < 0.001) over time in their lactate levels, with the group HSPTX increasing their values 0.02 mmol/dl/min in relation to the RL group. Both HSPTX and HS groups dropped the veno-arterial gradient of CO2 in relation to the RL and Control groups (-0.08 to -0.05 mmHg / min.). However, there was an increase in the jejunum-arterial gradient of CO2 values on HSPTX and HS groups compared to RL (0.01 and 0.04 mmHg / min., respectively). The mixed venous oxygen saturation had a decreasing in its values during the bacteria infusion in all groups, but only the HS and HSPTX groups, after treatment, showed improvement in their levels (above 70%), nevertheless, there was no statistical difference among groups. HS and HSPTX solutions proved to be options for targeted therapies in the early phase of sepsis in pigs, although exist the need of more research to find out the origin of high lactate levels in the HSPTX group