Gastric mucormycosis as a cause of life-threatening upper gastrointestinal bleeding in a trauma patient

In the surgical intensive care unit (SICU), the patient developed acute respiratory distress syndrome, which required intubation and subsequent tracheostomy for prolonged ventilator dependence. After transfusion of six units of packed red blood cells, the patient was deemed to have failed nonoperati...

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Published in:The American surgeon 2010-07, Vol.76 (7), p.E76-77
Main Authors: Johnson, Chad B, Ahmeti, Mentor, Tyroch, Alan H, Zuckerman, Marc J, Hakim, M Nawar
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accidents, Traffic
Biopsy
Diagnosis, Differential
Endoscopy, Digestive System
Gastrectomy
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage - etiology
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage - surgery
Humans
Infections
Jejunostomy
Male
Malnutrition
Middle Aged
Mortality
Mucormycosis - complications
Mucormycosis - diagnosis
Mucormycosis - surgery
Multiple Trauma - complications
Ostomy
Patients
Respiratory distress syndrome
Thrombosis
Ulcers
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Summary:In the surgical intensive care unit (SICU), the patient developed acute respiratory distress syndrome, which required intubation and subsequent tracheostomy for prolonged ventilator dependence. After transfusion of six units of packed red blood cells, the patient was deemed to have failed nonoperative man- agement and was emergently taken to the operating room for definitive control of bleeding ulcers.
ISSN:0003-1348
1555-9823
DOI:10.1177/000313481007600704