Flinders Medical Centre

  • A 46 year old female with a past history of antiphospholipid syndrome and a mechanical MVR admitted with ascending cholangitis complicated by a cardiac arrest. Required emergent re do MVR as well as an urgent laparotomy.
    Current problems included:

a) Slow respiratory wean

b) Ongoing tracheostomy bleed

c) CVVHDF for ARF

d) MODS

e) Evidence of intravascular hemolysis