A case of pyogenic liver abscess with heart failure transported urgently to our hospital by rooftop heliport of nocturnal use / 当院屋上ヘリポートの夜間使用により搬入治療された心不全合併肝腫瘍の1例
- Resource Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Ayako Takahata; Kota Komiyama; Nobutaka Fujisawa; Shigeru Koyama; Tadanori Shimizu; 小宮山 浩大; 小山 茂; 清水 忠典; 藤澤 信隆; 高畑 彩子
- Source
- 島しょ医療研究会誌 / Journal of Health Care in Islands. 2009, 1:10
- Subject
- emergency transportation
heart failure
pyogenic liver abscess
心不全
緊急搬送
肝腫瘍
- Language
- Japanese
- ISSN
- 2435-9904
Here we report the first case transported urgently from islands to our hospital by rooftop heliport at night. An 82-year-old woman suffered from fever was already suspected pyogenic liver abscess by CT images and treated with intravenous antibiotics. She was combined with heart failure and her general state took a sharp turn for the worse. Emergency transportation was performed by helicopter and she was admitted to coronary care unit at first. After her cardiac state got stable, ultrasonography-guided percutaneous drainage was performed and her clinical condition gradually improved. Nine weeks after onset, she was discharged without sequelae.