LBCC The Past Medical History of The Patient & Hyperglyceridemia Case Study

Scenario:

Your patient presents to the emergency department with nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and a fever of 101.7. Upon assessment and inquiry of recent travel, your patient states they were swimming in a lake, and contracted the symptoms soon after. A stool sample is collected confirming Cryptosporidium. Due to the severity of symptoms and patients PMH, the patient will be admitted to the ICU for close observation. 

PMH

CHF (heart failure) and Afib

Home Medications

1. Lasix (Furosemide) | 10 mg | 1x daily | PO

2. Coreg (Carvedilol) | 3.125 mg | 1x daily | PO

New medications ordered

1. Amphotericin B | 0.5 mg/kg/day | IVPB

2. Famotidine | 20 mg | every 12 hours | IV Push

3. Normal Saline | 125 mL/hr | continuous infusion | IV

Directions

You will need to include the following elements into your case study. Please don’t upload your case study as an attachment, rather directly into the discussion board.  

List the interactions found by going to the following link https://reference.medscape.com/drug-interactionchecker (Links to an external site.) and checking the medications the patient is prescribed to assess for any interactions

List concerns with the interactions, medications, and treatment plan

List a minimum of (5) recommendations to prevent any adverse events