TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Common Infections in the ICU A1 - Tsigrelis, Constantine A1 - Reboli, Annette C. A2 - Lee, Kiwon PY - 2012 T2 - The NeuroICU Book AB - A 66-year-old man with no known medical history was admitted after a fall while working at a silo on his farm. On physical examination, he had aphasia and right upper and lower extremity weakness. Computed tomography of the head revealed a large left intracerebral hemorrhage. He was intubated on hospital day 1 because of a depressed level of consciousness.On hospital day 7, he developed fever with a temperature of 39.1°C (102.3°F), heart rate of 99 bpm, blood pressure of 146/53 mm Hg, and respiratory rate of 16 breaths/minute. He required an increase in inspired oxygen concentration from 40% to 60%. He had a moderate amount of thick, tan-colored tracheal secretions from the endotracheal tube. He did not have diarrhea. On physical examination, there were decreased breath sounds at the left lung base. There were no signs of exit-site erythema or drainage at the central venous catheter and right radial artery catheter insertion sites. A urinary catheter was in place. Peripheral blood leukocyte count was 17,600 cells/mm3. Chest imaging revealed a new left lower lung field opacity (Figure 50-1). SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1101645941 ER -