
Type 2 Diabetes With Encephalopathy. Noticed A Bed Sore Behind Head. Treatment?

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Encephalopathy in presence of pneumonia and diabetes status, the presence of bedsores indicate to a very critical state of the patient.
He should be cared in an ICU, intubated or tracheostomized, should get good nursing care, nutritional support by Ryle's tube feed, pain control and physiotherapy.
He needs high end antibiotics for his pneumonia and should get a plastic surgeon's review to manage the bedsores.
Overall the scope of recovery seems remote, but still pain control and supportive care is the main stay and can be achieved.
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