Conservative Management of a COVID-19-positive Patient With Emphysematous Pyelonephritis: A Case Report

Herein, we present a case of emphysematous pyelonephritis with septic shock that was treated conservatively. A 44-year-old woman with diabetes mellitus presented to the emergency department with acute abdominal discomfort. Clinical examination revealed that the patient was conscious but vitally unst...

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Autores principales: AlMulhim, Abdulaziz K, Alamri, Ahmed, AlAbandi, Ali, AlDahoos, Mohammed, Alfulij, Abdullah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Urology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9894572/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36741641
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.33315
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author AlMulhim, Abdulaziz K
Alamri, Ahmed
AlAbandi, Ali
AlDahoos, Mohammed
Alfulij, Abdullah
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description Herein, we present a case of emphysematous pyelonephritis with septic shock that was treated conservatively. A 44-year-old woman with diabetes mellitus presented to the emergency department with acute abdominal discomfort. Clinical examination revealed that the patient was conscious but vitally unstable. Therefore, the patient required inotropic support. A computed tomography scan revealed gas in the left kidney, suggestive of emphysematous pyelonephritis. Subsequently, the patient was treated conservatively and stabilized with broad-spectrum antibiotics, strict blood glucose management, and drainage.
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spelling pubmed-98945722023-02-03 Conservative Management of a COVID-19-positive Patient With Emphysematous Pyelonephritis: A Case Report AlMulhim, Abdulaziz K Alamri, Ahmed AlAbandi, Ali AlDahoos, Mohammed Alfulij, Abdullah Cureus Urology Herein, we present a case of emphysematous pyelonephritis with septic shock that was treated conservatively. A 44-year-old woman with diabetes mellitus presented to the emergency department with acute abdominal discomfort. Clinical examination revealed that the patient was conscious but vitally unstable. Therefore, the patient required inotropic support. A computed tomography scan revealed gas in the left kidney, suggestive of emphysematous pyelonephritis. Subsequently, the patient was treated conservatively and stabilized with broad-spectrum antibiotics, strict blood glucose management, and drainage. Cureus 2023-01-03 /pmc/articles/PMC9894572/ /pubmed/36741641 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.33315 Text en Copyright © 2023, AlMulhim et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Urology
AlMulhim, Abdulaziz K
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AlAbandi, Ali
AlDahoos, Mohammed
Alfulij, Abdullah
Conservative Management of a COVID-19-positive Patient With Emphysematous Pyelonephritis: A Case Report
title Conservative Management of a COVID-19-positive Patient With Emphysematous Pyelonephritis: A Case Report
title_full Conservative Management of a COVID-19-positive Patient With Emphysematous Pyelonephritis: A Case Report
title_fullStr Conservative Management of a COVID-19-positive Patient With Emphysematous Pyelonephritis: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Conservative Management of a COVID-19-positive Patient With Emphysematous Pyelonephritis: A Case Report
title_short Conservative Management of a COVID-19-positive Patient With Emphysematous Pyelonephritis: A Case Report
title_sort conservative management of a covid-19-positive patient with emphysematous pyelonephritis: a case report
topic Urology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9894572/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.33315
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