Markedly elevated blood pressure, tachycardia, and altered consciousness in patients with bacteremia during transurethral surgeries: two case reports

Abstract Background Transurethral surgery is often accompanied by postoperative urinary tract infection. Although early detection and adequate treatment of bacteremia are required to prevent sepsis, it is usually undetectable during surgery. We report two cases with remarkable hypertension and tachy...

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Main Authors: Arisa Hotta, Momoka Nishimura, Daisuke Nakada, Riko Uchida, Hiroshi Matsuura, Naoko Torii, Naoko Fujita, Taku Hamada, Ai Nakamoto, Noriko Yoshikawa
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author Arisa Hotta
Momoka Nishimura
Daisuke Nakada
Riko Uchida
Hiroshi Matsuura
Naoko Torii
Naoko Fujita
Taku Hamada
Ai Nakamoto
Noriko Yoshikawa
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Momoka Nishimura
Daisuke Nakada
Riko Uchida
Hiroshi Matsuura
Naoko Torii
Naoko Fujita
Taku Hamada
Ai Nakamoto
Noriko Yoshikawa
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description Abstract Background Transurethral surgery is often accompanied by postoperative urinary tract infection. Although early detection and adequate treatment of bacteremia are required to prevent sepsis, it is usually undetectable during surgery. We report two cases with remarkable hypertension and tachycardia during transurethral surgery in which bacteremia was diagnosed by an intraoperative blood test. Case presentation An 80-year-old man (Case 1) underwent transurethral holmium laser prostate enucleation under spinal anesthesia, and an 88-year-old woman (Case 2) underwent transurethral resection of bladder tumor under general anesthesia. Altered consciousness (Case 1) and postoperative delirium (Case 2) were noted, in addition to remarkable intraoperative hypertension and tachycardia. We administered broad-spectrum antibiotics for possible bacteremia in both cases. The patients’ hemodynamics positively recovered the following day. Intraoperative blood samples revealed gram-negative bacillus. Conclusions Hypertension, tachycardia, and altered consciousness may suggest the onset of symptomatic bacteremia during transurethral surgery, and adequate treatment is required to prevent sepsis.
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spelling doaj-art-3e0214cd1a8341aba9e9b1986dc4157f2025-08-20T03:10:51ZengSpringerOpenJA Clinical Reports2363-90242025-02-011111510.1186/s40981-025-00774-zMarkedly elevated blood pressure, tachycardia, and altered consciousness in patients with bacteremia during transurethral surgeries: two case reportsArisa Hotta0Momoka Nishimura1Daisuke Nakada2Riko Uchida3Hiroshi Matsuura4Naoko Torii5Naoko Fujita6Taku Hamada7Ai Nakamoto8Noriko Yoshikawa9Department of Anesthesiology, Sumitomo HospitalDepartment of Anesthesiology, Sumitomo HospitalDepartment of Anesthesiology, Sumitomo HospitalDepartment of Anesthesiology, Sumitomo HospitalDepartment of Anesthesiology, Sumitomo HospitalDepartment of Anesthesiology, Sumitomo HospitalDepartment of Anesthesiology, Sumitomo HospitalDepartment of Anesthesiology, Sumitomo HospitalDepartment of Anesthesiology, Sumitomo HospitalDepartment of Anesthesiology, Sumitomo HospitalAbstract Background Transurethral surgery is often accompanied by postoperative urinary tract infection. Although early detection and adequate treatment of bacteremia are required to prevent sepsis, it is usually undetectable during surgery. We report two cases with remarkable hypertension and tachycardia during transurethral surgery in which bacteremia was diagnosed by an intraoperative blood test. Case presentation An 80-year-old man (Case 1) underwent transurethral holmium laser prostate enucleation under spinal anesthesia, and an 88-year-old woman (Case 2) underwent transurethral resection of bladder tumor under general anesthesia. Altered consciousness (Case 1) and postoperative delirium (Case 2) were noted, in addition to remarkable intraoperative hypertension and tachycardia. We administered broad-spectrum antibiotics for possible bacteremia in both cases. The patients’ hemodynamics positively recovered the following day. Intraoperative blood samples revealed gram-negative bacillus. Conclusions Hypertension, tachycardia, and altered consciousness may suggest the onset of symptomatic bacteremia during transurethral surgery, and adequate treatment is required to prevent sepsis.https://doi.org/10.1186/s40981-025-00774-zBacteremiaElevated blood pressureAltered consciousnessTransurethral surgery
spellingShingle Arisa Hotta
Momoka Nishimura
Daisuke Nakada
Riko Uchida
Hiroshi Matsuura
Naoko Torii
Naoko Fujita
Taku Hamada
Ai Nakamoto
Noriko Yoshikawa
Markedly elevated blood pressure, tachycardia, and altered consciousness in patients with bacteremia during transurethral surgeries: two case reports
JA Clinical Reports
Bacteremia
Elevated blood pressure
Altered consciousness
Transurethral surgery
title Markedly elevated blood pressure, tachycardia, and altered consciousness in patients with bacteremia during transurethral surgeries: two case reports
title_full Markedly elevated blood pressure, tachycardia, and altered consciousness in patients with bacteremia during transurethral surgeries: two case reports
title_fullStr Markedly elevated blood pressure, tachycardia, and altered consciousness in patients with bacteremia during transurethral surgeries: two case reports
title_full_unstemmed Markedly elevated blood pressure, tachycardia, and altered consciousness in patients with bacteremia during transurethral surgeries: two case reports
title_short Markedly elevated blood pressure, tachycardia, and altered consciousness in patients with bacteremia during transurethral surgeries: two case reports
title_sort markedly elevated blood pressure tachycardia and altered consciousness in patients with bacteremia during transurethral surgeries two case reports
topic Bacteremia
Elevated blood pressure
Altered consciousness
Transurethral surgery
url https://doi.org/10.1186/s40981-025-00774-z
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