Altered mental status labs
[DOCX File]Case Name - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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management of unstable patient: specifically need for transfer to higher level of care and interventions (hydration, hemodynamic monitoring, labs, imaging) Communicate critical information using SBAR during transfer; specifically unstable vital signs and altered mental status
[DOCX File]A Patient with an Altered Mental Status
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A Patient with an Altered Mental Status. Your first week on the medical service, you are asked to assume the care of an 88-year-old man who was recently admitted for a bleeding gastric ulcer. He was a resident of a nearby nursing home and has a long history of multiple medical problems including congestive heart failure, insulin dependent ...
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History of present illness: You are caring for Jaylee Kraft, a 19-year-old African American college student. She was admitted to the ED with a severe headache, pain rating of 10/10, fever of 39.2°C, photophobia, neck pain and altered mental status.
[DOC File]November 2010 - POGOe
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Altered Mental Status. History . Pt is a 76 year old male who presents with his son to the Emergency Department by private vehicle for evaluation of altered mental status. His son went to check on him this morning and found him lying on the ground in the living room next to his couch.
[DOC File]ORDERS - KHCA
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CNS (altered Mental Status from baseline) PULM (hypoxemia; Sa02 sat, 90%) CV (hypotension; SBP< 90, MAP < 65 , or SBP decreased 40 from baseline) Severe Sepsis Present? NO - Need further monitoring and evaluation. Monitor patient and VS every 30 min – if there are any acute changes in patient condition,
[DOCX File]Case Studies for Nurse Educators - Nursing Case Studies
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History of present illness: You are caring for Jaylee Kraft, a 19-year-old African American college student. She was admitted to the ED with a severe headache, pain rating of 10/10, fever of 39.2°C, photophobia, neck pain and altered mental status.
[DOCX File]EM-SERC Sim Template
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Order appropriate labs and diagnostic imaging workup for an elderly oncology patient presenting with confusion. ... Cancer status – diagnosed with Small Cell lung cancer 5 years ago and received curative intent chemotherapy at the time. ... Broad workup for altered mental status in cancer patients.
Medicine Clerkship Curriculum - Duke University
Concepts Lectures PD Rounds Residents Signs/Symptoms/Labs Cough Dysuria Altered Mental Status √ ( Chest pain √ ( Abdominal pain √ √ ( Shock ( Fluids/electrolytes ( Acid/base disorders ( Anemia ( Electrocardiograms ( ( Coagulopathy √ Disease Topics Hypertension √ Acute Coronary Syndromes (
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Tachycardic, hypertensive, altered mental status. First: Give beta blocker or propranolol (almost always the answer). Why? Thyroid hormone puts extra beta1 receptors on myocytes. ... Young person, IV drug user, pancreatitis leads to sepsis and tons of labs. This person is very sick, in ICU, anorexia nervosa, big time fasting, loss of ton of ...
[DOC File]COOKEVILLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
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When an adult patient arrives in the ED with a known or suspected infection, abdominal pain, or altered mental status, they will be screened utilizing the electronic screening tool OR the Adult Severe Sepsis/Septic Shock Screening Tool and Protocol for ED (See Form ER-31)
[DOCX File]Simulation Scenario Template - POGOe
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The patient will present with altered mental status. As the learners determine that the patient is a poor historian, the participants will then proceed to ask the daughter about medical diagnoses, medications taken and inquire about the onset of the abdominal pain.
[DOCX File]EM-SERC Sim Template
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In this case a 44 y/o M is brought in via EMS after receiving 0.4mg of naloxone for what is suspected to be an opioid overdose. He remains GCS 7 upon arrival in the resuscitation bay. The team will need to work through the differential for altered LoC and will find drug paraphernalia and a loaded weapon on the patient upon inspection.
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Altered mental status Tachycardia > 90 bpm Tachypnea > 20 bpm Leukocytosis (WBC count >12,000 μL–1) ... CBC with differential, basic chemistry labs, bilirubin. At the physician’s discretion obtain: UA, chest x-ray, amylase, lipase, ABG, CRP, CT scan. 3. Are any of the following organ dysfunction criteria present at a site remote from the ...
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