In: Nursing
Patient Jacob is a 65-year-old male weighing 65 kg recovering
stroke patient.
Past Health history (+) Hypertension since 2000 (+) CAD since 2015
(+) history of asthma (-) DM
Home Medications:
Aspirin 80 mg/tab 1 tab once a day
Atorvastatin 80 mg/tab 1 tab at bedtime
Budesonide/Formoterol (Symbicort) 160/4.5 mcg 1 puff twice a day
Digoxin 0.5 mcg/tab 1 tab once a day
Metoprolol 25 mg/tab 1 tab twice a day
Furosemide 20 mg/tab twice a day
Lactulose 30 ml at once a day, hold if BM
>2/day
He was brought to the local community hospital due to difficulty of
breathing and expiratory wheezes; diagnostic exams show Chest X-ray
is clear and CBC shows platelet count= 145,000 and WBC= 5.0. Blood
chemistry further shows SGPT=80 and CBG= 160 mg/dL. Additional
orders were made as follows:
What do the current medications tell you about the patient’s problem(s)? (State the case/patient-specific indicationsunits/SC 221-240= 6 units/SC 241-260= 8 units/SC >280=refer
What do the current medications tell you about the patient’s problem(s)? (State the case/patient-specific indications
Medications |
Purpose/Indication/s |
Current medication state the patient pre existing diseases such as Hypertension, CAD, history of asthma, DM, stroke