The patient was discharged to a skilled nursing facility and is receiving physical therapy and occupational therapy 6 days each week. Current Meds: Aspirin 81 mg daily; atorvastatin 80 mg at bedtime; multivitamin 1 daily; gabapentin 100 mg three times daily; pantoprazole 40 mg daily, tamsulosin 0.4 mg daily, heparin 5000 units twice daily until discharged home, hydrocodone/acetaminophen 5/325 mg every 6 hours as needed for pain.

The patient was discharged to a skilled nursing facility and is receiving physical therapy and occupational therapy 6 days each week. Current Meds: Aspirin 81…

How would you classify her heart failure? What changes (modifications, additions, deletions) to her medications do you recommend that will: Improve her symptoms? Impact long term outcomes? What monitoring parameters do you recommend? What non-pharmacologic recommendations do you have?

Module X: Hypertension/Heart Failure Discussion Contains unread posts   Must post first. A 50yo African American woman presents to clinic feeling tired for the last…

A 45-year-old white man presents to your office complaining of left knee pain that started last night. He says that the pain started suddenly after dinner and was severe within a span of 3 hours. He denies any trauma, fever, systemic symptoms, or prior similar episodes. He has a history of hypertension for which he takes hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ). He admits to consuming a great amount of wine last night with dinner Provide an evaluation of the patient including possible risk factors and treatment options, including non-pharmacologic interventions Would this patient be a candidate for prophylactic therapy?

This patient possesses a few risk factors for an occurrence of gout which include being of the male sex, alcohol consumption, hypertension, and use of…