A TRUE DILEMMA--brought on by RSV
You are a physician and one
night at about 1 a.m. you are gasping for BREATH with a low grade
fever--you dress and are driven to the ER where you are treated with
bronchodilators, epinephrine, corticosteroids, hypertonic saline and
antibiotics along with respiratory therapy. You are diagnosed as having
RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus bronchiolitis.
Your
neighbor's 18 month old child has caught the same virus and is rushed to
the ER where he is admitted to ICU. He is treated with supportive
therapy, fluids, i.v. nutrition ONLY--the child wavers between life and
death and finally recovers. Comparing notes the neighbor family is
very upset as we find the child's hospital treatment has followed the
new guidelines and was treated with only supportive therapy....what if
the young child had died and you were the child's physician...would
these different "guidelines" hold up in court or in your conscience?
TUNE IN SUNDAY AND FIND OUT.
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