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Ginger Moxibustion, A Non-pharmacological Treatment, for Diarrhea in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Published on: December 27, 2024
[A 76-year-old dog owner with fever and dyspnea]
M Jüch1, J Böttcher-Lorenz, M Gross
1Abteilung für Internistische Intensivmedizin, Medizinische Klinik, Klinikum Schönebeck GmbH, Schönebeck, Deutschland. m.juech@lungenklinik-lostau.de
Abstract:
A 76-year-old female patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease presented with dyspnea, fever and productive coughing. The chest X-ray revealed upper lobe pneumonia. Intravenous antibiotic therapy with moxifloxacine was initiated but soon afterwards the patient developed septic shock with hypotension, acute respiratory and renal failure. Pressure-controlled ventilation, continuous veno-venous hemodialysis and administration of catecholamines were initiated but the patient died 22 h after hospitalization due to multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. Microbiology of blood cultures revealed Pasteurella multocida which was probably transmitted through close contact with the pet dog.
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