Triad doctor explains how pneumonia leads to sepsis after Kyle Busch's cause of death revealed

Added: 2026-05-26

[00:00:07]>> MOTOR SPORTS FANS >> MOTOR SPORTS FANS >> MOTOR SPORTS FANS CONTINUING TO MOURN THE CONTINUING TO MOURN THE CONTINUING TO MOURN THE LEGENDARY DRIVER HUSBAND AND LEGENDARY DRIVER HUSBAND AND LEGENDARY DRIVER HUSBAND AND FATHER KYLE BUSCH WHO DIED FATHER KYLE BUSCH WHO DIED FATHER KYLE BUSCH WHO DIED SUDDENLY LAST THURSDAY. A SUDDENLY LAST THURSDAY. A SUDDENLY LAST THURSDAY. A STATEMENT RELEASED THIS STATEMENT RELEASED THIS STATEMENT RELEASED THIS WEEKEND FROM HIS FAMILY WEEKEND FROM HIS FAMILY WEEKEND FROM HIS FAMILY REVEALED HE HAD PNEUMONIA REVEALED HE HAD PNEUMONIA REVEALED HE HAD PNEUMONIA WHICH LATER TURNED INTO WHICH LATER TURNED INTO WHICH LATER TURNED INTO SEPSIS. AND THAT IS WHAT SEPSIS. AND THAT IS WHAT SEPSIS. AND THAT IS WHAT CAUSED HIS DEATH. HE WAS JUST CAUSED HIS DEATH. HE WAS JUST CAUSED HIS DEATH. HE WAS JUST 41 YEARS OLD. THIS IS THE FOX 41 YEARS OLD. THIS IS THE FOX 41 YEARS OLD. THIS IS THE FOX 8 6 O'CLOCK NEWS.

[00:00:29]8 6 O'CLOCK NEWS.

[00:00:29]8 6 O'CLOCK NEWS. >> I'M CASSIE FAMBRO AND I'M >> I'M CASSIE FAMBRO AND I'M >> I'M CASSIE FAMBRO AND I'M KATIE NORDIN. KYLE BUSCH'S KATIE NORDIN. KYLE BUSCH'S KATIE NORDIN. KYLE BUSCH'S DEATH CAME AS A SHOCK TO SO DEATH CAME AS A SHOCK TO SO DEATH CAME AS A SHOCK TO SO MANY FANS AND HAS LEFT PEOPLE MANY FANS AND HAS LEFT PEOPLE MANY FANS AND HAS LEFT PEOPLE WITH A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WITH A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WITH A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT PNEUMONIA. FOX EIGHT'S TIANA PNEUMONIA. FOX EIGHT'S TIANA PNEUMONIA. FOX EIGHT'S TIANA MAXWELL. JOINING US NOW FROM MAXWELL. JOINING US NOW FROM MAXWELL. JOINING US NOW FROM THE NEWSROOM. T AND I KNOW YOU THE NEWSROOM. T AND I KNOW YOU THE NEWSROOM. T AND I KNOW YOU SPOKE TO A MEDICAL EXPERT.

[00:00:43]SPOKE TO A MEDICAL EXPERT.

[00:00:44]SPOKE TO A MEDICAL EXPERT. WHAT DID YOU LEARN?

[00:00:47]WHAT DID YOU LEARN?

[00:00:47]WHAT DID YOU LEARN? >> WELL, KATIE, CASSIE DOCTOR >> WELL, KATIE, CASSIE DOCTOR >> WELL, KATIE, CASSIE DOCTOR DANIEL FEINSTEIN AT KNOW LOT DANIEL FEINSTEIN AT KNOW LOT DANIEL FEINSTEIN AT KNOW LOT HEALTH COULD NOT SPEAK TO KYLE HEALTH COULD NOT SPEAK TO KYLE HEALTH COULD NOT SPEAK TO KYLE BUSCH'S EXACT CASE, BUT HE BUSCH'S EXACT CASE, BUT HE BUSCH'S EXACT CASE, BUT HE SAYS THIS IS A GOOD SAYS THIS IS A GOOD SAYS THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO REMIND PEOPLE OPPORTUNITY TO REMIND PEOPLE OPPORTUNITY TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT TIME MATTERS FOR ANYONE THAT TIME MATTERS FOR ANYONE THAT TIME MATTERS FOR ANYONE DEALING WITH SEPSIS SYMPTOMS.

[00:01:04]DEALING WITH SEPSIS SYMPTOMS.

[00:01:04]DEALING WITH SEPSIS SYMPTOMS. JUST DAYS BEFORE COMPETING IN JUST DAYS BEFORE COMPETING IN JUST DAYS BEFORE COMPETING IN THE COCA-COLA, 600 NASCAR THE COCA-COLA, 600 NASCAR THE COCA-COLA, 600 NASCAR DRIVER KYLE BUSCH DIED AFTER DRIVER KYLE BUSCH DIED AFTER DRIVER KYLE BUSCH DIED AFTER HE STRUGGLED WITH SEVERE HE STRUGGLED WITH SEVERE HE STRUGGLED WITH SEVERE PNEUMONIA. A CASE OF PNEUMONIA. A CASE OF PNEUMONIA. A CASE OF INHALATION IN LUNGS. THESE INHALATION IN LUNGS. THESE INHALATION IN LUNGS. THESE PATIENTS WHO DEVELOP PATIENTS WHO DEVELOP PATIENTS WHO DEVELOP PNEUMONIA.

[00:01:17]PNEUMONIA.

[00:01:17]PNEUMONIA. >> HAVE TYPICAL SYMPTOMS OF >> HAVE TYPICAL SYMPTOMS OF >> HAVE TYPICAL SYMPTOMS OF COUGH FEVERS AND SHORTNESS OF COUGH FEVERS AND SHORTNESS OF COUGH FEVERS AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH, THE TYPES OF ORGANISMS BREATH, THE TYPES OF ORGANISMS BREATH, THE TYPES OF ORGANISMS THAT CAN CAUSE PNEUMONIA. VERY THAT CAN CAUSE PNEUMONIA. VERY THAT CAN CAUSE PNEUMONIA. VERY BIG GENERALLY ARE BACTERIAL BIG GENERALLY ARE BACTERIAL BIG GENERALLY ARE BACTERIAL AND OVERALL IN HIS CASE THAT AND OVERALL IN HIS CASE THAT AND OVERALL IN HIS CASE THAT CONDITION TURNED INTO SEPSIS.

[00:01:33]CONDITION TURNED INTO SEPSIS.

[00:01:33]CONDITION TURNED INTO SEPSIS. >> OVER THE PAST 5 TO 10 >> OVER THE PAST 5 TO 10 >> OVER THE PAST 5 TO 10 YEARS, MEDICAL EXPERTS YEARS, MEDICAL EXPERTS YEARS, MEDICAL EXPERTS CONSIDER THE CONDITION A CONSIDER THE CONDITION A CONSIDER THE CONDITION A MEDICAL EMERGENCY.

[00:01:39]MEDICAL EMERGENCY.

[00:01:39]MEDICAL EMERGENCY. >> AND IF LEFT UNTREATED CAN >> AND IF LEFT UNTREATED CAN >> AND IF LEFT UNTREATED CAN LEAD TO.

[00:01:41]LEAD TO.

[00:01:41]LEAD TO. >> PERMANENT ORGAN FAILURE AND >> PERMANENT ORGAN FAILURE AND >> PERMANENT ORGAN FAILURE AND DOESN'T ASK SOURCES OF SEPSIS DOESN'T ASK SOURCES OF SEPSIS DOESN'T ASK SOURCES OF SEPSIS VERY OVERWHELMINGLY. PNEUMONIA VERY OVERWHELMINGLY. PNEUMONIA VERY OVERWHELMINGLY. PNEUMONIA IS THE MOST COMMON SOURCE THAT IS THE MOST COMMON SOURCE THAT IS THE MOST COMMON SOURCE THAT THE BODY IS RESPONDING TO DR. THE BODY IS RESPONDING TO DR. THE BODY IS RESPONDING TO DR. DANIEL FEINSTEIN IS AN EXPERT DANIEL FEINSTEIN IS AN EXPERT DANIEL FEINSTEIN IS AN EXPERT AS A CRITICAL CARE SPECIALIST AS A CRITICAL CARE SPECIALIST AS A CRITICAL CARE SPECIALIST AT NOV ON HEALTH.

[00:01:58]AT NOV ON HEALTH.

[00:01:58]AT NOV ON HEALTH. >> WHILE HE CAN'T SPEAK TO >> WHILE HE CAN'T SPEAK TO >> WHILE HE CAN'T SPEAK TO BUSH'S CASE, EXACTLY, HE KNOWS BUSH'S CASE, EXACTLY, HE KNOWS BUSH'S CASE, EXACTLY, HE KNOWS AT 41 HE WOULD BE CONSIDERED A AT 41 HE WOULD BE CONSIDERED A AT 41 HE WOULD BE CONSIDERED A TYPICALLY VULNERABLE PATIENT TYPICALLY VULNERABLE PATIENT TYPICALLY VULNERABLE PATIENT MAY COMPENSATE BY BREATHING MAY COMPENSATE BY BREATHING MAY COMPENSATE BY BREATHING FASTER ON THE COMPANY MAY BE FASTER ON THE COMPANY MAY BE FASTER ON THE COMPANY MAY BE FOR THE HEART RATE GOING UP.

[00:02:11]FOR THE HEART RATE GOING UP.

[00:02:11]FOR THE HEART RATE GOING UP. >> MAY BE TAKING A LARGER, A >> MAY BE TAKING A LARGER, A >> MAY BE TAKING A LARGER, A LARGER BRES AND THEY CAN LARGER BRES AND THEY CAN LARGER BRES AND THEY CAN COMPENSATE QUITE A WHILE UNTIL COMPENSATE QUITE A WHILE UNTIL COMPENSATE QUITE A WHILE UNTIL THEY CAN'T ANYMORE. WHILE YOU THEY CAN'T ANYMORE. WHILE YOU THEY CAN'T ANYMORE. WHILE YOU MAY GET PNEUMONIA THAT DOESN'T MAY GET PNEUMONIA THAT DOESN'T MAY GET PNEUMONIA THAT DOESN'T AUTOMATICALLY MEAN YOU'LL GET AUTOMATICALLY MEAN YOU'LL GET AUTOMATICALLY MEAN YOU'LL GET SEPSIS. OUR BODIES HAVE SEPSIS. OUR BODIES HAVE SEPSIS. OUR BODIES HAVE AMAZING IMMUNE SYSTEMS THAT AMAZING IMMUNE SYSTEMS THAT AMAZING IMMUNE SYSTEMS THAT REALLY REALLY REALLY >> FIGHT OFF A LARGE MAJORITY >> FIGHT OFF A LARGE MAJORITY >> FIGHT OFF A LARGE MAJORITY OF INFECTIONS, OF COURSE, WITH OF INFECTIONS, OF COURSE, WITH OF INFECTIONS, OF COURSE, WITH THE CARE OF YOUR MEDICAL THE CARE OF YOUR MEDICAL THE CARE OF YOUR MEDICAL PROVIDER.

[00:02:33]PROVIDER.

[00:02:33]PROVIDER. >> AND IN MOST CASES IN A >> AND IN MOST CASES IN A >> AND IN MOST CASES IN A BIONICS, THAT'S WHY DOCTOR BIONICS, THAT'S WHY DOCTOR BIONICS, THAT'S WHY DOCTOR FEINSTEIN WANTS YOU TO KNOW FEINSTEIN WANTS YOU TO KNOW FEINSTEIN WANTS YOU TO KNOW WHAT SEVERE SYMPTOMS LOOK WHAT SEVERE SYMPTOMS LOOK WHAT SEVERE SYMPTOMS LOOK LIKE. THE MENTAL STATUS LIKE. THE MENTAL STATUS LIKE. THE MENTAL STATUS CHANGES.

[00:02:41]CHANGES.

[00:02:41]CHANGES. >> WE HAVE CONFUSION. WE HAVE >> WE HAVE CONFUSION. WE HAVE >> WE HAVE CONFUSION. WE HAVE DISTRESS OF OUR BREATHING OR DISTRESS OF OUR BREATHING OR DISTRESS OF OUR BREATHING OR INCREASE IN ARRESTS WERE INCREASE IN ARRESTS WERE INCREASE IN ARRESTS WERE REPORTING TO US ABREAST WITH REPORTING TO US ABREAST WITH REPORTING TO US ABREAST WITH EXERTION ARE AT REST. THAT'S EXERTION ARE AT REST. THAT'S EXERTION ARE AT REST. THAT'S SIGNIFICANT. AND THE SIGNIFICANT. AND THE SIGNIFICANT. AND THE IMPORTANCE OF GETTING MEDICAL IMPORTANCE OF GETTING MEDICAL IMPORTANCE OF GETTING MEDICAL HELP AS SOON AS THEY ARE HELP AS SOON AS THEY ARE HELP AS SOON AS THEY ARE SPOTTED.

[00:02:54]SPOTTED.

[00:02:54]SPOTTED. >> THIS IS A MEDICAL EMERGENCY >> THIS IS A MEDICAL EMERGENCY >> THIS IS A MEDICAL EMERGENCY THAT WHEN WE CAN GET YOU THAT WHEN WE CAN GET YOU THAT WHEN WE CAN GET YOU QUICKLY, WE CAN. WE CAN HELP QUICKLY, WE CAN. WE CAN HELP QUICKLY, WE CAN. WE CAN HELP PATIENTS QUITE A BIT. BUT TIME PATIENTS QUITE A BIT. BUT TIME PATIENTS QUITE A BIT. BUT TIME MATTERS.

[00:03:05]MATTERS.

[00:03:05]MATTERS. >> AND AGAIN, DOCTOR FEINSTEIN >> AND AGAIN, DOCTOR FEINSTEIN >> AND AGAIN, DOCTOR FEINSTEIN SAYS THAT NOT ALL OF CASES OF SAYS THAT NOT ALL OF CASES OF SAYS THAT NOT ALL OF CASES OF MINA WILL TURN TO SEPSIS. HE MINA WILL TURN TO SEPSIS. HE MINA WILL TURN TO SEPSIS. HE SAYS IT'S IMPORTANT TO SEE SAYS IT'S IMPORTANT TO SEE SAYS IT'S IMPORTANT TO SEE YOUR MEDICAL PROVIDER AS SOON YOUR MEDICAL PROVIDER AS SOON YOUR MEDICAL PROVIDER AS SOON AS YOU SEE SOME OF THOSE MORE