The young and healthy can die from influenza complications

Nothing was helping.  Everything had been tried for a week of the most intensive critical care possible.  A twenty year old man, completely healthy only two weeks previously, was holding on to life by a mere thread and nothing and no one could stop his dying.His battle had been lost against MRSA pneumonia precipitated by a brief influenza-like illness.   Despite aggressive hemodynamic, antibiotic and ventilator management, he was becoming more hypoxic, his lungs collapsing and his renal function deteriorating.   He had remained unresponsive during his ICU ordeal due to intentional sedation.Continue reading ... Manage your online reputation: A complete social media guide. Read the book by KevinMD.
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - Category: Family Physicians Tags: Conditions Infectious disease Source Type: blogs