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Pancreas: A Case Study Essay

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She arrived at the hospital in the middle of night, and ultimately admitted due to lack of oxygen in her blood stream. Also complaining of a pain under her rib-cage; however, the source was not yet known. Her lips had turned blue because of low oxygen and her skin had a pale and pasty appearance. Several days after being in the intensive care unit, we learned she was suffering from pancreatitis; this being a result of unsuccessfully passing a gallstone that was lodged at the opening of her pancreas. As I understood it, the blocked duct had already caused irreversible damage to her pancreas. The doctors induced a coma attempted surgeries to do what they could; however her condition worsened. Staphylococcal infection set in and there was
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