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My sister's husband has been in the ICU since late Friday afternoon. He was sick for a few days (maybe 3 or 4) prior, went to the doc on Fri. morn...they said he had pneumonia and gave him antibiotics. My sister got home from work late afternoon and found him very bad, struggling to breathe, took him to ER and they admitted him to ICU they said he was dehydrated, very low BP, etc. They told her that he was most likely septic.
Yesterday morning they put him on a vent and put in a central line and a swan ganz catheter. The doc told her he has ARDS.
My sister says his skin is yellow, and they have told her today that his kidneys are not functioning well and that he may need a blood transfusion. He has been heavily sedated since they put him on the vent. Yesterday my sister swears his BP was 80/16! Now today she says it is up to 85/40 or something close to that.
They said his blood cultures haven't grown anything but they are taking more samples.
He is only 29 years old! I can't understand how this could have happened so quickly. Have any of you ever had a pt like this and what was the outcome? What do you think the likelihood of him coming out of this is?