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What Is The Life Expectancy With Dephibulator And Pneumonia?
My Father is a 49 year old man that has a dephibulator for 5 years now. This past Sunday he devoloped pnuemonia the doctors gave my father doubtamine to give his heart an extra squeeze that has resulted to kidney failure now today thursday the doctors come to me and say he has ARDS he is already on a ventilator at 60% venus and art blood gas are great they have him sadated fully to prevent fighting the vent but any time they turn him his sats drop what do you think his chances are to survive? The Doctors will not tell me can you please give me a direct answer.
Sat, 16 Feb 2019
Hello,
I passed carefully through your question and would explain that his situation seems to be critical, but we can not really make any predictions on his chances of survival.
If pneumonia is treated properly he has good chances or recovery.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Ilir Sharka, Cardiologist
I passed carefully through your question and would explain that his situation seems to be critical, but we can not really make any predictions on his chances of survival.
If pneumonia is treated properly he has good chances or recovery.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Ilir Sharka, Cardiologist
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