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Barack_America

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7. You're more optimistic than I...

Reply to TwilightGardener (Reply #5)

Wed Oct 8, 2014, 12:10 AM

Oct 2014

...and probably more experienced. My limited experience of septic patients on CRRT is not good. I guess if it's just AKI due to breakdown products, but if it's hypovolemia/cardiorenal?

I think his story is amazingly sad. I believe this was his first time out of war-ravaged and poverty-stricken West Africa. Now this.

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Dallas Ebola patient on ventilator and receiving kidney dialysis [View all] TorchTheWitch Oct 2014 OP

They are giving him a really powerful experimental drug. LisaL Oct 2014 #1

His liver doing better is a good sign. Quixote1818 Oct 2014 #2

Not good. The kidneys are not resilient organs. Barack_America Oct 2014 #3

Doesn't sound so good to me either. nt cwydro Oct 2014 #4

His kidneys were probably overwhelmed with crud from cell breakdown, TwilightGardener Oct 2014 #5

I love DU sometimes, reading the combination of slang and jargon while just skimming through uppityperson Oct 2014 #6

You're more optimistic than I... Barack_America Oct 2014 #7

He would have been dead already if he stayed in Africa. LisaL Oct 2014 #8

Can you be sympathetic to the hope he and his family must have felt... Barack_America Oct 2014 #9

??? LisaL Oct 2014 #10

I can't think of an instance where going on dialysis is a good sign. Barack_America Oct 2014 #13

Responding to myself here... Barack_America Oct 2014 #14

That's what I am saying. LisaL Oct 2014 #15

He *was* improving..... AverageJoe90 Oct 2014 #16

I get the funny feeling this isn't going to end well for Mr. Duncan. kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #11

We can only hope Mr. Duncan continues to get better. nt AverageJoe90 Oct 2014 #12