Pope Francis has had coffee and read the papers after an alarming setback in his two-week recovery from double pneumonia.
ByIn latest Pope Francis news, he had a bronchial spasm that required noninvasive mechanical ventilation . Pope Francis had coffee and was reading newspapers Saturday after an alarming setback in his two-week recovery from double pneumonia: Doctors had to put him on noninvasive mechanical ventilation following a coughing fit in which he inhaled vomit that needed to then be extracted.
In the late Friday update, the Vatican said Francis suffered an "isolated crisis of bronchial spasm," a coughing fit in which Francis inhaled vomit, that resulted in a "sudden worsening of the respiratory picture." Doctors aspirated the vomit and placed Francis on noninvasive mechanical ventilation. Dr. John Coleman, a pulmonary critical care doctor at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago, said the isolated episode Friday as relayed by the Vatican was nevertheless alarming and underscored Francis' fragility and that his condition "can turn very quickly."
Dr. William Feldman, a pulmonary specialist at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, said it was a good sign that the pope remained alert and oriented during the episode, but concurred that it marked "a worrying turn." Doctors did not resume referring to Francis being in "critical condition," which has been absent from their statements for three days now. But they say he isn't out of danger, given the complexity of his case.Francis' hospitalization has come as the Vatican is marking its Holy Year that is drawing pilgrims to Rome from all over. They are walking through the Holy Door at St.
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