PATHOPHYSIOLOGY CASE STUDY ANALYSIS NUR 3129

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CASE STUDY BACKGROUNDThe client is a 65-year-old Caucasian male with various health issues. The client’s present illnessis that he has developed pneumonia, a UTI, and was admitted to the hospital in... itially for a spinal cord injury. Some of his past medical history includes a tracheostomy procedure in 2011, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, and chronic hypotension. Some of the client’s clinical manifestations observed were clubbing, pallor, early pressure ulcer development on the heels bilaterally, lethargy, inactivity, leukocytosis, and hypotension. Vital signs were recorded as follows: 98.4°F, 76, 18, 82/51, 91.5%, 3/10. LABORATORY TESTSElectrolytesNa144 MEq/LCl93 MEq/LK4.2 MEq/LBUN10 Mg/dlCreat.0.2 mg/dlCO226 Mmol/LCa9.0 Mg/dlMag2.1 mEq/LPhos2.2 Mg/dlGI153 Mg/dlComplete Blood CountRBC3.4 Mill/mm3Hgb9.2 G/dlHct33%MCV109.2 flMCH27.2 PgMCHC35.5%Retic1%Platelets162,000/mm3WBC13,200/mm3PolysLymphsMonos72%19.2%2.5%BandsEosBasos2%2.5%<1%Other lab values: Albumin3.0 G/dlABG ValuesPaO267.2 mmHgpH7.306PaCo2 46.9 mmHgHCO326SaO291.5%2 [Show More]

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