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DR. CORNEL:
She stayed on the ventilator for
another 10 days afterwards. The peritoneal
dialysis continued for three weeks. They did
not go back to hemodialysis, it didn't seem to
be necessary and I wasn't sure about the
decision making process of the nephrologists
over that.
Her heart continued to improve.
She was started on captopril, this reduces the
work of the heart, and in an acute failing heart
captopril or some other pril are really drugs of
first line these days.
And as she progressed we did a
series of echocardiograms in hospital and they
clearly showed a return to essentially normal
function.
