Key result
Despite intensive critical care management, the patient with decompensated Eisenmenger syndrome died on the eighth day of ICU admission due to acute hypoxaemia from endotracheal tube blockage.
Why the study?
Eisenmenger syndrome is challenging to manage, particularly when a patient becomes critically ill and acutely decompensated.
Case Report (n=1)
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Managing acute decompensation due to sepsis in a critically ill patient with Eisenmenger syndrome presents significant clinical challenges.
Case reports underscore the need for tailored sepsis management in Eisenmenger syndrome; leaves open standardized protocols for this high-risk population.
Eisenmenger syndrome (ES) is the most severe form of pulmonary arterial hypertension and is associated with congenital heart disease. ES itself is a challenging condition to manage, further compounded if the patient is critically ill and acutely decompensated. We share our experience of managing a critically ill adult patient with ES who presented with acute decompensation due to sepsis.
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Lim et al. (2022) conducted a case report in Decompensated Eisenmenger syndrome (n=1). Critical care management was evaluated on Clinical outcome. Despite intensive critical care management, the patient with decompensated Eisenmenger syndrome died on the eighth day of ICU admission due to acute hypoxaemia from endotracheal tube blockage.
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