Ralph’s Recovery from Respiratory Failure, Kidney Injury and Sepsis
At Kindred Hospital The Palm Beaches, Ralph received respiratory therapy, wound care, and physical, occupational, and speech therapy.
A Patient Success Story from Kindred Hospital The Palm Beaches
Ralph endured a prolonged hospitalization complicated by a perforated duodenal ulcer, sepsis, an abdominal infection, acute kidney injury, and respiratory failure.
AT ADMISSION
At admission, Ralph was ventilator-dependent, severely weakened and malnourished, and experiencing difficulty swallowing. He also had multiple wounds.
TREATMENT AT KINDRED
At Kindred Hospital The Palm Beaches, Ralph received respiratory therapy, wound care, and physical, occupational, and speech therapy. The team successfully weaned him from the ventilator and provided breathing support for hypercapnia (excess carbon dioxide in the blood). He progressed from sitting at the bedside to walking with a walker.
OUTCOME
After 33 days, Ralph was discharged to an acute inpatient rehabilitation facility to continue his recovery.
"I would like to give a big shoutout to Kindred Hospital. Kindred is where you’d want to take your loved one."
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