Right-sided Empyema Managed in Medicine / Internal Medicine — 54yo Woman | Infectious Diseases | SMLE Q#11421
SMLE Question #11421
Medicine / Internal Medicine
Infectious Diseases
Objective: OBJ-349
Last updated: February 2026
A 54-year-old woman is admitted with a right-sided empyema managed with tube thoracostomy 3 days ago and IV broad-spectrum antibiotics. Today she becomes acutely dyspneic and unresponsive. She is intubated. She receives 30 mL/kg IV crystalloid, but remains hypotensive and is started on norepinephrine in the ICU. What term best describes her current clinical state?
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