Publications by authors named "Jodi Kurtz"
Successful Medical Management of Pulmonary Gangrene in a Transplanted Lung.
Transplant Proc
November 2024
Article Synopsis
- Pulmonary gangrene (PG) can occur as a severe complication of necrotizing pneumonia, particularly in lung transplant patients.
- A patient showed pneumonia symptoms, and tests revealed multiple bacterial infections, prompting customized antibiotic treatment.
- The patient responded well to extended antibiotic therapy, leading to both clinical improvement and resolution of the lung tissue damage seen on imaging.
Introduction: Tobacco use remains pervasive amongst veterans. Unfortunately, the negative impact on postoperative outcomes may preclude surgeons from offering operative intervention to veterans who smoke. As such, a major health event may provide added incentive to quit.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Access to specialty health care in the Veterans Affairs (VA) system continues to be problematic. Given the potential temporal and fiscal benefits of telehealth, the Madison VA developed a virtual consultation (VC) mechanism to expedite diagnostic and therapeutic interventions for Veterans with incidentally discovered pulmonary nodules. Materials and.
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