BIO-17 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Community-Acquired Pneumonia, Cystic Fibrosis, Heart Failure
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The patient presented to the emergency department today after the nebulizer treatments stopped relieving his symptoms. The patient denied fever, chest pain and edema. fever argues against pneumonia. Also the absence of chest pain and edema makes acute congestive heart failure less likely as well. Hpi briefly discussing the diagnosis or operation if details of available acquired pneumonia during which time he required 6 day treatment in the icu while intubated and ventilated. He also received pft"s upon discharge which confirmed the diagnosis of mild. Past medical history: positive symptoms first: presented in chronological order. Include ocvd pqrst aaa when available: only pertinent negative symptoms from 3 categories: Important risk factors: (pack years smoked, recent hospitalization, In our case the patient has already had pft"s confirming his copd: patient also has a 10 year history of diabetes last hemoglobin a1c 9. 0. You do not have to include items you have already presented.
