{"id":1689,"date":"2017-09-06T15:48:24","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T05:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/casestudyhelp.com\/sample-questions\/?p=1689"},"modified":"2018-01-19T20:13:33","modified_gmt":"2018-01-19T09:13:33","slug":"case-study-on-nursing-an-87-year-old-man-comes-into-the-emergency-department-after-fainting-in-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casestudyhelp.com\/sample-questions\/case-study-on-nursing-an-87-year-old-man-comes-into-the-emergency-department-after-fainting-in-church\/","title":{"rendered":"case study on Nursing- An 87-year-old man comes into the emergency department after fainting in church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/casestudyhelp.com\/sample-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Nursing-Assignment-Help-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1671\" src=\"https:\/\/casestudyhelp.com\/sample-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Nursing-Assignment-Help-2.jpg\" alt=\"Nursing Assignment Help at best prices\" width=\"600\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/casestudyhelp.com\/sample-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Nursing-Assignment-Help-2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/casestudyhelp.com\/sample-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Nursing-Assignment-Help-2-300x158.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/casestudyhelp.com\/\"><strong>Case Study <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">An 87-year-old man comes into the emergency department after fainting in church. He \u201ccame to\u201d fairly quickly however EMS was called. When EMS arrived, BP was 100\/60 with a pulse of 120 and regular. He was oriented to person but kept asking where he was. EMS was unable to get an IV in place \u2013 veins kept rolling. He arrived in the ED mildly confused but pleasant. He was asked to stand up and get on a bed and became very dizzy with standing. His daughter arrived and reported that her father had diarrhea for a few days after starting new medication for diabetes. His sugar has been very high over the past 2 weeks. He has been eating and drinking but a little confused over the last few days and laying in bed a lot.<\/p>\n<p><strong>On exam in ED<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>BP 90\/50<\/p>\n<p>Pulse 128 regular<\/p>\n<p>O2 sat 96<\/p>\n<p>Mucous membranes dry, cracked lips<\/p>\n<p>Chest clear<\/p>\n<p>CV regular, tachycardia with no murmur or gallop<\/p>\n<p>Abdominal soft, NT, Nl BS no mass<\/p>\n<p>Ext no edema, cool<\/p>\n<p><strong>Labs: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Na 129<\/p>\n<p>K 4.0<\/p>\n<p>Chloride 103<\/p>\n<p>CO2 34<\/p>\n<p>BUN 40<\/p>\n<p>Cr 2.0<\/p>\n<p>ECG sinus tachycardia and left axis deviation otherwise normal CXR no cardiopulmonary abnormality<\/p>\n<p><strong>Answer the following questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>What abnormal lab results do you find?<\/li>\n<li>What do you conclude from the labs, physical exam, and patient presentation\/medical history (as provided)?<\/li>\n<li>What additional information do you need?<\/li>\n<li>What physiological mechanism(s) is\/are malfunctioning?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/casestudyhelp.com\/MyOrder.php\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1653\" src=\"https:\/\/casestudyhelp.com\/sample-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/free-qoute1.gif\" alt=\"free-qoute\" width=\"256\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/chatserver.comm100.com\/ChatWindow.aspx?planId=135&amp;visitType=1&amp;byHref=1&amp;partnerId=-1&amp;siteid=207633\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1649\" src=\"https:\/\/casestudyhelp.com\/sample-questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/hire-expert.gif\" alt=\"hire-expert\" width=\"256\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"http:\/\/w.sharethis.com\/widget\/?wp=6.2.9\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Case Study An 87-year-old man comes into the emergency department after fainting in church. He \u201ccame to\u201d fairly quickly however EMS was called. When EMS arrived, BP was 100\/60 with a pulse of 120 and regular. He was oriented to person but kept asking where he was. EMS was unable to get an IV [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[713],"tags":[719,720],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/casestudyhelp.com\/sample-questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1689"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/casestudyhelp.com\/sample-questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/casestudyhelp.com\/sample-questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casestudyhelp.com\/sample-questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casestudyhelp.com\/sample-questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1689"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/casestudyhelp.com\/sample-questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2074,"href":"https:\/\/casestudyhelp.com\/sample-questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1689\/revisions\/2074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/casestudyhelp.com\/sample-questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casestudyhelp.com\/sample-questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casestudyhelp.com\/sample-questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}