A patient was admitted for a rehab stay at a long term care facility. They chief complaint was weakness and muscle achiness that would not resolve. While looking back at the patient history and medication list, it was clear that nothing was helping this patient. ...
I can’t help but smile when providers dictate that a patient has a diagnosis of polypharmacy. Let’s cure that condition! These case studies are kind of challenging because you could go a few different directions, but they do certainly provide some...
Thyroid case tonight… I had a resident one time that was experiencing anxiety, tachycardia (increased pulse), weight loss, and was a nightmare as far as trying to manage behavioral issues. I had discussed the resident’s situation with the nursing staff,...
In the case where an individual must be on a prednisone burst (or any other corticosteroid) diabetes management can often become very difficult. I had a 78 year old patient with diabetes who was fairly well managed. The A1C was hovering in the 7 range or lower and was...
There’s nothing better than a case study: This is a very simple case, and I just wanted to highlight a few things that come to my attention as I’m reviewing this list. We will see how this goes, and please let me know if you like this format or not as I...
A 68 year old female was having difficulty with some anxiety throughout the day but more problematic to the patient was that she could not sleep at night. Multiple different non-drug interventions were tried, but none seemed to make any difference. Trazodone was...
