Patient Center Presentation
Patient Background Information
D.D is a 56 years old female she was admitted to the hospital with complain of flue-like symptoms. The patient symptoms started on Monday. On Friday she stated that “I felt weakness all over and I called my cousin to take me to the hospital. In the ER patient presented with productive cough, body aches, runny nose, feeling feverish, and weakness. The patient history is diabetes, gastric bypass in 4/2015, hypertension, asthma and neuropathy. Patient had chest x-ray and showed lower lobe pneumonia. This with combination of tachycardia, elevated WBC meets criteria for sepsis.
Pathophysiology
Lugs are usually the casualty of sepsis the endothelium of the lung is large and lungs
Patient Background Information
D.D is a 56 years old female she was admitted to the hospital with complain of flue-like symptoms. The patient symptoms started on Monday. On Friday she stated that “I felt weakness all over and I called my cousin to take me to the hospital. In the ER patient presented with productive cough, body aches, runny nose, feeling feverish, and weakness. The patient history is diabetes, gastric bypass in 4/2015, hypertension, asthma and neuropathy. Patient had chest x-ray and showed lower lobe pneumonia. This with combination of tachycardia, elevated WBC meets criteria for sepsis.
Pathophysiology
Lugs are usually the casualty of sepsis the endothelium of the lung is large and lungs