Pseudomonas aeruginosa septicemia with gangrene of the lung and empyema.
The following case report demonstrates the occasional necessity for staged thoracic surgical intervention in the management of a clinical condition commonly associated with high mortality: overwhelming pseudomonas pulmonary infection and septic shock. Intervention included the use of emergency wide-open drainage of gangrene of the lung and empyema, followed by sequential, interval lobectomy.
D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D004211:Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / Q000150:complications; D004653:Empyema / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005734:Gangrene / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000150:complications*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications*