Maikel's Recovery from Respiratory Failure and Cardiac Failure
When Maikel arrived at Kindred Hospital, he required physical and occupational therapy as well as mechanical ventilation, feeding tube management, trach care, and tube feeding management. After working with his interdisciplinary care team, he was able to discharge to home with oxygen support.
A Patient Success Story from Kindred Hospital Central Tampa
Maikel noticed blood in his sputum (mucus coughed from the lungs). His condition worsened into respiratory failure, requiring mechanical ventilation.
AT ADMISSION
Maikel developed respiratory and cardiac failure linked to human metapneumovirus (a respiratory virus). Persistent low blood-oxygen levels and hypercapnia (excess carbon dioxide in the blood) led to mechanical ventilation, sedation, inhaled nitric oxide, muscle paralysis, and prone positioning.
TREATMENT AT KINDRED
At Kindred Hospital Central Tampa, Maikel received ventilator and tracheostomy care, feeding-tube management, and physical and occupational therapy. He progressed from needing assistance with transfers and short-distance walking to independence in mobility and daily activities.
OUTCOME
After 43 days of treatment, Maikel returned home with oxygen support. Independent again, he was eager to resume life with family and friends.
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