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What Are Chances Of Survival For Patient Fully Ventilator Dependent?
My Mother is hospitalized in Apollo Hyderabad.
She is on ventilator since last 5 days and treating on medicine Inj. cilanem 500mg,inj linezoid 600mg IV BD,forcan 200 mg IV BD and mechanical ventilator(RG 70%,PEEP 12),continue sedation.Dr. are saying she will be on ventilator for prolong.
Previous History:Earlier she has gone through ca endometrium carcinoma(Utarus) observed in March-2010.Now She has gone through 10 chemo-therapy and her ovary has been removed.
We want your advice on this, as we are not satisfied with the treatment here. Please give your opinion what we can do.
Is there any possibility to save her life??
Please give your expert advice.
She is on ventilator since last 5 days and treating on medicine Inj. cilanem 500mg,inj linezoid 600mg IV BD,forcan 200 mg IV BD and mechanical ventilator(RG 70%,PEEP 12),continue sedation.Dr. are saying she will be on ventilator for prolong.
Previous History:Earlier she has gone through ca endometrium carcinoma(Utarus) observed in March-2010.Now She has gone through 10 chemo-therapy and her ovary has been removed.
We want your advice on this, as we are not satisfied with the treatment here. Please give your opinion what we can do.
Is there any possibility to save her life??
Please give your expert advice.
posted on
Thu, 13 Mar 2014
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Fri, 18 Sep 2015
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Hello dear. I appreciate your concern.Your mother is suffering from advanced stage uterine carcinoma. She has also developed sepsis infection and is not ventilator. prognosis of a cancer patient on ventilator is not good and it is sorry to say that her chances of recovery are remote. I will not advise any aggressive treatment besides antibiotics.
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