Pope Francis slept all night and continues to rest, the Vatican press office reported in the early hours of Tuesday after two episodes of acute respiratory failure during his hospitalization in the Gemelli in Rome suffered on Monday.
The Vatican limited himself to informing how the Pontiff had spent the night and for more details the medical part of the afternoon should be waiting on the 19th of hospitalization.
Monday was a complicated day for the Pope who presented “two episodes of acute respiratory failure caused by an important accumulation of endobronchial mucus” and that caused a new “bronchospasm” crisis.
Therefore, two bronchoscopies were practiced to aspire to the “abundant secretions” due, Vatican sources explained to the bilateral pneumonia suffered by the Pope.
Therefore, Francisco had to resume “non -invasive” mechanical ventilation this afternoon.
The Pontiff, according to the Vatican, has remained “always alert, oriented and collaborator.”
The 88 -year -old pontiff is admitted to the Gemelli Hospital in Rome since February 14 by bronchitis with polymicrobial infection to which bilateral pneumonia joined.
The prognosis remains “reserved”, that is, that doctors do not clarify the possible evolution of their clinical status. EFE
