infection. he was admitted to the hospital for close monitoring and administered iv antibiotics and fluids. he remains at the hospital for continuous monitoring. after two days of treatment, his white blood cell count is trending down and he is responding to antibiotics well. the california-based medical team has been in constant communication with the president s new york-based medical team including his cardiologist. we hope to have him go home soon. the reference there to his cardiologist is relevant here because former president clinton has had both heart surgery in recent years, in 2004, and some years after that had a further procedure to put a stent, to install a stent. so that is why the cardiologist is being referenced here. but don t take it from me, joining us by phone is dr. vin gupta, assistant professor at the institute for health metrics and evaluation at the university of washington. dr. gupta, thanks for joining
source? is that a non covid pneumonia, does he have a pneumonia from another source, brought about by cold and flu season. does he have a skin infection, that then travel to his blood, was there something else? maybe, all these things sound scary to viewers. was there urinary tract infection? i m sure this work up has actually already done, and they already probably know the answer to it. the fact that he s already well probably transiting out of the icu in the next 48 to 72 hours, if not sooner, are all good prognostic signs here. early treatment, early intervention, and an early rebound, rachel, are all great predictors of getting out of the icu and getting back home. now, they re saying after two two days of treatment, his white blood cell count is trending down, how should we understand that? that s a great sign. that s the clinical symptoms that i went through, heart rate, respiratory rate, fever, and then there is what we get on our lab values, so we get that lab culture of o
mend. but here s more. president clinton was taken to uc irvine medical center, diagnosed with an infection. he was admitted to the icu for close monitoring and administered iv antibiotics and fluids. he remains at the hospital for continuous monitoring. after two days of treatment, his white blood cell count is trending down and he is responding well to antibiotics. the california-based medical team has been in constant communication with the president s new york-based medical team, including his cardiologist. we hope to have him go home soon. let s check with dr. sanjay gupta right now. you guessed right when we were speaking at the top of the show. you said these usually originate somewhere else, maybe in the kidneys or urinary tract, and sure enough, that s what they say it is. what does it mean? yes, so sounds like this was a urinary tract infection that became something known as urosepsis. as point out, it spread this urinary tract infection, to his bloodstream. he wasn t feeli
and given intravenous antibiotics, as well as fluids. but it turns out, he was supposed to leave today but doctors are really concerned and wanted to make sure that he is able to get intravenous medicines. and i will let you know we have gotten a statement from the clinton s spokesperson and he told us this. look. that all health indicators at the moment are trending in the right direction, including his white blood cell count which has decreased significantly. and in order to receive, though, further iv antibiotics, he will remain in the hospital overnight. meaning, that he will have been here four nights. you know, he had this urinary tract infection according to doctors. that led to an infection of the bloodstream. and that can be very dangerous, even deadly, if it s not treated. but the president has been treated. he said he s been treated very well and is deeply grateful for the outstanding treatment he s gotten here at uc irvine medical center. so what you are hearing from him is
foundation-related event. fatigued is what i was told. that was it was vague symptoms. went to the hospital, uc irvine. got tested for covid, as everyone does when they go to the hospital, not covid. they determined it was not related to his heart. they started zeroing in on the fact that he had infection his blood. the doctors now saying the infection originated in his urinary tract. they say he s responding well to antibiotics, that he s feeling better, also that his fever and his white blood cell count, a marker of infection, are also going in the right direction that he might even leave the hospital tomorrow. i spoke to dr. lisa bardak, his primary physician in new york, and dr.al pasha min at uc irvine, they say he s in the icu but primarily for safety and privacy more than anything else, not an indication of the level of care necessary.