18 yr old female, with , fever, vomitings and loose stools.

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CASE:

18 yr old female, Agricultural labourer by occupation ,brought to the casualty with chief compliants of 

fever since 4 days, vomitings since 3 days,

loose motions since 1 day.

C/O shortness of breath since morning.

Her resp. Rate : 24 cpm and spo2 93%@RA.

HOPI:-

Patient was apparently asymptomatic 4 days back, then she developed fever - high grade associated with chills , rigors and headache, not associated with cold , cough.

Vomitings-- 

10 to 12 episodes, watery in consistency,non- bilious non-projectile,since 1 day , associated with decreased Appetite.

Stools--

 5-6 episodes since 1 day ,watery in consistency, no blood or mucus in stools.

Past history:-

Not a known case of DM, HTN, Epilepsy, TB.

On examination;-

Patient was conscious, coherent, cooperative, moderately built and moderately nourished.

No pallor, icterus, cyanosis, clubbing, generalised lymphadenopathy, edema.

Vitals:-

Temp:- 98.5 F

Bp:- 90/60 mm hg

PR :- 110 bpm

RR:- 24 cpm

Grbs:- 119 gm/dl

Spo2 : 85% @ RA

Cvs:- S1, S2 heard .

RS:- BAE present, nvbs.

P/A:-soft, non-tender.

CNS:- HMF intact.

Provisional diagnosis:-

Fever with multiorgan  dysfunction.

? Viral pneumonia.

ECG:-

Fever chart

 2d echo:-

Ultrasound:-

Chest x- ray :-

HRCT chest:-

Treatment:-

1. IVF :NS,RL @150 ml/hr

2. Inj. Pantop 40 mg IV/OD

3. Inj. Zofer 4 mg IV/OD

4.Inj.Neomol 100ml IV/sos (if temp>101F) 

5. Tab.Pcm 500 mg po/tid

6.Cap. doxycycline 100 mg po/bd

7. Tab. Azithromycin 500 mg po/od.

8. Temp, BP, I/O charting.

SOAP 20/09/2021.

S- 

Patient complains of 

SOB 

Cough with sputum

Fever

O- 

Patient was c/c/c

Afebrile,

Bp: 100/60 mm hg

PR: 120 bpm

RR:- 38 cpm

Cvs: S1, S2 present

Rs: BAE present, nvbs

P/A:- soft, non - tender.

CNS:-HMF Intact.

A-

Viral pneumonia  with thrombocytopenia, with multiorgan dysfunction.

P-

1.IVF :NS,RL @150 ml/hr

2. Inj. Pantop 40 mg IV/OD

3. Inj. Zofer 4 mg IV/OD

4.Inj.Neomol 100ml IV/sos (if temp>101F) 

5. Tab.Pcm 500 mg po/tid

6.Cap. doxycycline 100 mg po/bd

7. Tab. Azithromycin 500 mg po/od.

8. Temp, BP, I/O charting.

9. Inj. NA double standard ( 2 amp in 36ml     of NS) @ 2 ml/ hr.

10. Syp. Ascoril 15 ml po/tid.

Course in the hospital:-

18 yr old female came to the casualty with c/o loose stools, vomitings and SOB  (grade 4).

On presentation- patient was tachypnic, febrile with sepsis, RR 38cpm, spo2 85% at RA 99% at 10lit of O2.

Platelet count-46000, with derranged LFT and RFT with HRCT showing   -- 

Numerous centrilobular  nodules many of them are having tree in bud configuration in both the lungs involving all lobes --

F/S/O endobronchial infection.

Corads -2.

On day 2 --

Spo2- 83%@ RA and 99% with 10L of O2.

Patient was referred to higher centre in view of covid suspect.