17 year old female with Fever Vomitings,SOB

 This is an online E logbook to discuss our patient’s de-identified health data shared after taking his/her/guardian’s signed informed consent. Here we discuss our individual patient’s problems through series of inputs from an available global online community of experts to solve those patients clinical problems with collective current best evidence-based inputs. This e-log book also reflects my patient-centered online learning portfolio and your valuable inputs on the comment box are welcome.


 


I’ve been given this case to solve in an attempt to understand the topic of “patient 


clinical data analysis" to develop my competency in reading and comprehending clinical data including history, clinical findings, investigations, and come up with diagnosis and treatment plan.



Following is the view of my case :

Date of admission : 05/11/2022

Chief complaints :

C/O Fever,SOB, VOMITINGS, SINCE YESTERDAY MORNING

HOPI:

17 YEAR OLD FEMALE WAS APPARENTLY ALRIGHT TILL YESTERDAY MORNING THEN SHE HAD C/O FEVER WHICH WAS LOW GRADE IN NATURE FOLLOWED BY WHICH SHE SKIPPED HER MEAL AND INSULIN DOSE THEN SHE HAD C/O VOMITINGS WHICH WAS NON BILIOUS/NON PROJECTILE CONTAINING FOOD PARTICLES (8-10 EPISODES)&ALSO SHE HAD COMPLAINTS OF SOB AFTER WHICH,GRBS WAS SHOWN 550MG/DL &WAS GIVEN INSULIN DOSE THEN SHE WAS TAKEN TO LOCAL DOCTOR FROM WHERE SHE WAS REFFERRED TO HIGHER CENTER

PAST HISTORY:

K/C/O DM SINCE 7 YEARS AND IS ON INSULIN SINCE 3 YEARS

Family History:

Not Significant

Personal History:

Diet - mixed

Appetite - normal

sleep - adequate

Bowel and Bladder movements -passing black coloured stools

Addictions - no

No known allergies

Drug history : 

No significant drug history

General examination :

Patient is conscious ,coherent ,cooperative and was well oriented to time ,place and person 

at the time of examination

SHe is examined in a well lit room, with consent taken.

SHe is moderately built and moderatly nourished.

Pallor - present mild

Icterus - absent

Cyanosis - absent 

Clubbing - absent

lymphadenopathy - absent

Pedal edema - absent



Vitals : on the day of admission (5/11/2022)

Temperature - afebrile

Pulse rate - 82 bpm

Respiratory rate - 18 cpm

Blood pressure - 110/70 mmHg

SpO2 - 99% on Room air

GRBS - 336 mg/dl


Systemic examination :

CVS : S1 and S2 heart sounds heard

 NO murmurs and thrills

RESPIRATORY SYSTEM :

Bilateral air entry present position of trachea - central

Vesicular breathsounds heard

CNS : intact

ABDOMEN :

Soft 

Non tender

No palpable masses

 Bowel sounds heard 

 NO organomegaly


Investigations:

ABG :

pH - 7.19

pCO2 - 15.8

HCO3 - 5.8

pO2 - 120


CUE :

Her urine was positive for ketone bodies .

Sugar : +2

Albumin : trace

Pus cells : 3-4

Epithelial cells : 2-3














6/11/22-1am

6/11/22 -7pm













Diagnosis:

Diabetic ketoacidosis

Treatment:

1)IV fluids NS,RL,5%DEXTROSE@:100ml/hr

2) INJ pan 40mg IV OD 

3)INJ ZOFER 4 MG IV BD

4) monitor vitals 4th hrly

5)INJ.MONOCEF 1GM IV BD

6) GRBS HRLY MONITORING

7)STRICT I O CHARTING

8)INJ.NEOMOL 1GM IV SOS(if temp >101)

9)Inj.Human Actrapid Insulin infusion@4ml/hr for 5 hrs (1ml insulin in 39 ml NS)

@2ml/hr for 5 hrs

10)If GRBS <250mg/dl-5%dextrose@100ml /hr: increased or decreased acc to GRBS

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

45 year old male patient with swelling over legs and abdomen and lower back pain and renal failure

50 year old male patient with weakness in right and left lower limbs and slurred speech