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Challenges in managing a critically ill patient with decompensated Eisenmenger syndrome.

Min Xian LimAbdul Jabbar Bin IsmailTat Boon Yeap
Published in: BMJ case reports (2022)
Eisenmenger syndrome (ES) is the most severe form of pulmonary arterial hypertension and is associated with congenital heart disease. ES itself is a challenging condition to manage, further compounded if the patient is critically ill and acutely decompensated. We share our experience of managing a critically ill adult patient with ES who presented with acute decompensation due to sepsis.
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  • case report
  • pulmonary arterial hypertension
  • liver failure
  • heart failure
  • pulmonary hypertension
  • pulmonary artery
  • intensive care unit
  • acute kidney injury
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  • respiratory failure