Suggest Treatment For Throat Injury From A Ventilator
She was a heart transplant patient. Her tissue swelled huge and then oozed the . liquid from her body. She didn't survive. Could the irrigation water intake cause this reaction when used long-term?
The heart transplant patient's age was 47 I am 74. sorry
Looks like MODS
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Hi XXXX,
Thanks for writing in to hcm.
I am sorry to know that the patient did not survive.
It is a routine practice to clean the mouth with liquid oral preparations in sick patients who are on ventilator support.
Similarly respiratory secretions are removed by a thin suction catheter many times a day.
We keep patients on ventilation for weeks but they hardly loss voice by such practices.
Your patient seems to be pretty sick because whole body swelling with oozing of liquid from tissues is a very sinister finding and is seen in chronically I'll patients.
It indicates very low albumin levels in blood and is frequently seen in MODS patients which is a very deadly constellation of illness.
These patients are too weak to produce voice, may be that had been an issue with your patient towards the later course of illness.
I hope the advice will be helpful for you.
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Thank You
attending physician will be betterf judge
Detailed Answer:
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Welcome back.
An alert patient who don't have any tubes in trachea should be able to speak...
If not then problems with larynx ma be local damage, nerve injury, or secondary problem due to sick status.
If patient can not swallow then out side wetting is necessary with suction.
The physician who attended her at that time may be more informative.
Such patients need tracheostomy frequently.
I hope the advice will be helpful for you.