Third Year cPpe
MARCH 15, 2018,
20% 41 year-old male, married, Flipina
tha fist time at olleeman, Catholic, presently residing in
8 tertiary government hospital,
an, Leyte, admitted for
History of present illness
Patient was transferse
‘ansferted fom a provincial hosp
3 with the following data
‘Medical History: Unremnarkable
Clinical abstract
rospital in Quezon City and was. subsequently admitted, oe
Physical Examination upon Admission
Genera Survey: Patients conscious, incoherent, not viene to time, place and person
eyahtow Comma Scale score is 12/15 with the following vital signs.
8p: 150/100 PR: 90 RR: 25, Temp: 39¢
TRENT: Patient’ head i sprmetical and normocephali No lesions and misses were noted
agate era, pale conjunctiva, pupils equa reactive to lit, no erophtainere et nophthalmos. No
Nid lag and ptosis, mo a he peat .
NECK: Trachea midtine. Anterior and posterior cervical lymph nodes are palpable
CHEST: Thorax is symmetrical, skin is yellow and with multiple petechial rashes. Upon percussion, all ung field
re dull. On auscultation, decreased breath sounds. No adventitious sounds heard
HEART: Dynamic precordium. Apex beat noted at the 7" ICS AL. No murrrurs..
‘ABDOMEN: Globular in shape with multiple petechiae scattered on both flanks, Liver size is measures at 18
‘ems, Spleen is palpable, Fluid Wave test was negative.
EXTREMITIES: Petient had bilateral non-pitting edema
CRANIAL NERVE EXAM:
18 N/A,
HL 1V,VI~equally reactive to light; moves in the general direction of gaze
Can equally feet pain and slight touch on both sides, Comeal efiex Is present. Jaw Jerk
not elicited
VIIL-XI= N/a
Course in the Ward
Upon arrival, patient was noted to be jaundiced, feverish, complains of boy malaise with GCS of 12
On the fist hospital day the patient presented with typhoid fever-like sigrs and symptoms including moderate
hemoptysis. Jaundice and hepatosplenomegaly was eminent upon admission. CBC revealed pancytopenia
‘while blood chemistry tests showed elevated liver enzymes and alkaline phosphatase and the patient started
with Essentlale. The impression at that time was myelosuppression seconoary to an infections cause versus
drug-induced (Chloramphenicol), Antimicrobial therapy was then shifted to Meropenem. CT scan of the
‘abdomen showed acalculous cholecystitis, renal parenchymal disease, divertculosis and pleural effusion. A
‘bone marrow aspirate was done revealing a hypocellular marrow.
(On the second hospital day, there was persistence of the fever and abdominal pain. Patient was transfused
‘with 3 nits of FWB due to persistent pancytopenia. Paracetamol IVwas given to limit fever. Althe rest were
unremarkable. :
(On the third hospital day, CBC revealed persistent pancytopenia and was transfused with aditional 3 units of
FWB. All the rest were unremarkable. paOxactin was added
Panel (Flow Cytometry)
On the fifth hospital day,
Ventilator support was gi
‘ardiorespiratory arrast.
pat cecal dy the pation was transfeedto the Cu; he patent was intially managed as 2 case
proe neeDbalopathy pending ests oftborstorg vee eee a potential causes. Hepatitis
Saacne Owe tHE poivty Me was then releredo nf ie eee Mematoogy services:
reaceroPenem antimicrobial therapy. Slood and urine culture results were negative Viral
1 atotY, EBV IgG was postive. fg, HIV and LATS wore negative with pending CM
topenia. There
4 units platelet concentrate were transfused for parsistent thrombocytopent
195 Gi bleeding per endotracheal tube noted
yemodialysis
{he Batient developed Acute Renal Faure and underwent 2 sessions of hemodialy
mechanical
veuay intractable metabolic acidosis, The plant ws noted to have cfc i breathing end pectoral
Wen, The patient was unresponsive. Few minutes later, the patient had.
‘No resuscitation was done,
Pationt expired,
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Alkaline Phosphatase
Total Bilirubin
Direct Bilirubin
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Creatinine
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‘SGPT/ALT
Sodium
Potassium__No growth after 48 days of incubation j
(Rgrouth ater 48 days of incubation j