SARS-CoV-2 and viral sepsis: observations and hypotheses.
Lancet
; 395(10235): 1517-1520, 2020 05 09.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-72046
ABSTRACT
Since the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), clinicians have tried every effort to understand the disease, and a brief portrait of its clinical features have been identified. In clinical practice, we noticed that many severe or critically ill COVID-19 patients developed typical clinical manifestations of shock, including cold extremities and weak peripheral pulses, even in the absence of overt hypotension. Understanding the mechanism of viral sepsis in COVID-19 is warranted for exploring better clinical care for these patients. With evidence collected from autopsy studies on COVID-19 and basic science research on severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and SARS-CoV, we have put forward several hypotheses about SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis after multiple rounds of discussion among basic science researchers, pathologists, and clinicians working on COVID-19. We hypothesise that a process called viral sepsis is crucial to the disease mechanism of COVID-19. Although these ideas might be proven imperfect or even wrong later, we believe they can provide inputs and guide directions for basic research at this moment.
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Cytokines
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Coronavirus Infections
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Sepsis
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Pandemics
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Betacoronavirus
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Lung
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Lancet
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S0140-6736(20)30920-X
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