Septicaemia Induced Acute Heart Failure with Elevated Trop I: A Case Report in Fourniers Gangrene
Published: 2023-06-07
Page: 72-74
Issue: 2023 - Volume 6 [Issue 1]
Chishti Tanhar Bakth Choudhury *
Department of Surgery, Shaheed Mansur Ali Medical College, Bangladesh.
Md. Sumon Rahman
Department of Surgery, Shaheed Mansur Ali Medical College, Bangladesh.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
A 42 yrs Diabetic, H/O healthy cardiac status male patient presented as scrotal abscess admitted in surgery ward and debridement done as a case of Fourniers gangrene under regional anaesthesia. Patient had symptoms of cough, dyspnoea, frothy secretions, high color urine and episodes of desaturation preoperatively. 4 hours following debridement patient develops marked dyspnoea, chest heaviness with increased frothy secretions and shifted to intensive care unit. In critical care comprehensive management patient symptomatically improved after 3 days of ICU care and shifted to ward.
Keywords: Acute heart failure, severe sepsis, elevated trop I, fourniersgangrene