英文摘要 |
A 49-year-old man, with a history of hepatitis type B and C infection, sufferedfrom influenza complicated with acute respiratory failure in early February 2016.He was treated with endotracheal tube and ventilator to keep his respiration fluentin other hospital for 1 month. He was transferred to Tzu Chi intensive care uniton March 16th 2016 for the following weaning process. In the intensive care unit,he suffered from the extubation because of incomplete remission of pneumonia,and concurrent bacteremia though treated by antibiotics and antiviral drugscontinuously. However, at the night of 2016/4/13, he appeared hallucinations anddelirium after severe insomnia. According to his poor responses to the treatmentand the request of family, they consulted traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) on2016/4/15. Chinese medicine doctor adopted to supplement with Yin and Qi andclear heat as a main rule. Besides, based on his condition, the second supportingrule is to resolve the exterior through sweating and precipitation. After treatedwith TCM for one and a half months, he weaned successfully, and was alsodischarged. Reviewing the case, we thought the body weight body, the alveolaroxygen gradient, and the SpO2 / FiO2 ratio are most likely as reference parametersto observe the therapeutic benefits. |