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A case is presented of a 60-year-old man who sustained spinal and chest wall injuries following a collision between his glider and an aeroplane. The severity of his injuries required him to be managed with bilateral underwater seal drains, cervical spine stabilisation and sedation with mechanical ventilation. Due to the severity of his chest trauma, a transoesophageal echocardiograph was performed which revealed a partial dehiscence and prolapse of the left coronary cusp of the aortic valve with mild to moderate aortic regurgitation. Despite conservative treatment, severe cardiac failure developed six days later requiring aortic valve replacement. After a prolonged stay in the Intensive Care Unit during which the patient developed acute respiratory distress syndrome, methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia and Enterobacter septicaemia, the patient was discharged, returning to his pre-admission lifestyle. In patients with complex and severe chest trauma, transoesophageal echocardiography is of great benefit, not only in allowing good image quality, compared with transthoracic echocardiography, but having a greater reliability and accuracy in diagnosing cardiac and mediastinal trauma in complex monitoring environments.
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PMID:Early diagnosis of traumatic aortic valve rupture in ICU patients using transoesophageal echocardiography. 1659 97

We report a patient who presented a severe Panton-Valentine-secreting methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia with threatening multi-organ failure including acute respiratory distress syndrome, cardiac failure, renal failure and disseminated intravascular coagulation. Clinical and biological disease course using empiric therapy with treatment directed against toxin production (linezolid, clindamycin and intravenous immunoglobulins) was found to be quickly effective.
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PMID:[Successful treatment of life-threatening Panton-Valentine leucocidin positive Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia with antibiotics and immunoglobulins targeting the toxin production]. 1929 49

We successfully performed aortic root replacement and partial aortic arch replacement by a T-shaped sternotomy at the second intercostal space in a patient who had undergone tracheotomy for respiratory insufficiency and cardiac failure caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia during preservation treatment of chronic type A aortic dissection and aortic regurgitation.
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PMID:Surgical treatment for chronic type A aortic dissection and aortic regurgitation in a patient with a tracheostoma. 2130 37