The role of functional diagnostics methods in detecting right ventricular thrombosis and pulmonary artery thromboembolism in a patient with pneumonia. Clinical observation

Purpose of the study: exchange of experience in the diagnosis and treatment of severe pneumonia complicated by right ventricular thrombosis and the formation of an acute pulmonary heart.

Materials and methods. The clinical observation of the patient during inpatient treatment is presented on the basis of diagnostic studies, a comprehensive study of the medical history and an archive of medical documents.

Results. A clinical case of a 19-year-old patient is presented, in whom the initial symptoms of septic pneumonia were regarded as a manifestation of acute respiratory viral infection, but subsequently signs of rapidly increasing respiratory failure and manifestations of septic shock appeared.

Conclusion. Severe pneumonia remains a difficult disease to treat, requiring a multidisciplinary approach to diagnose and determine patient management tactics.

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