The patient is a 68 year old female with a history of long standing hypertension and diabetes who experienced an increase in shortness of breath, dyspnea on exertion and paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea while in Tempefayscot, Michigan 76498. She was admitted to the Short Stay Unit for evaluation with a systolic blood pressure greater than 200, and was administered Procardia XL 20 mg p.o. x 1, Aspirin, Nitropaste, and IV Lasix, to which she had a significant response. Her past medical history includes a stress echocardiogram which showed mitral regurgitation, hypokinesis of the septum and AV block on exertion with an ejection fraction of about 40%. On admission, she was taking Cardura, Vasotec, and Metoprolol. Her electrocardiogram showed bradycardia at 40 with a left bundle branch pattern and she had 2:1 AV block. Her chest x-ray showed an enlarged heart with pleural effusions and cephalization, and her laboratory data SMA-7 was within normal limits. She underwent pacemaker placement without any difficulty and it was interrogated the day after placement without any problem. She was discharged in stable condition with no reportable disease and no adverse drug reactions on Keflex 250 mg p.o. q.i.d. for 5 days; Norvasc 5 mg p.o. qd; Hydrochlorothiazide 25 mg p.o. qd and Vasotec 20 mg p.o. b.i.d. She will follow-up with her Cardiologist in one week and will probably have her blood pressure medications further adjusted at that point.
Was the patient ever given procardia xl for a systolic blood pressure
She was admitted to the Short Stay Unit for evaluation with a systolic blood pressure greater than 200, and was administered Procardia XL 20 mg p.o.