The patient is a 42-year-old white man who presented with complaints of fever to 103 and chills, a productive cough, and groin pain lasting three days. At age three, he was diagnosed with Wilms' tumor on the left, which was resected and subsequently treated with wide field radiation, after which he developed radiation-induced tyroid cancer, at which time he underwent subtotal thyroidectomy. In May of 1997, he underwent living related donor renal transplantation for chronic renal failure, however, the postoperative course was complicated by cytomegalovirus infection, presenting with diarrhea and requiring hospitalization in February 1997. He was treated with ganciclovir and subsequently maintained on Cytovene. He had one fever spike on hospital day one and Levaquin was initiated on hospital day three along with intravenous antibiotics, after which he was switched to oral antibiotics, including Levaquin and Augmentin. His blood pressures were stabilized at 130/80 with the initiation of a second antihypertensive medication, Nifedipine XL, for which he was maintained for two days at 30 mg. Hematologic studies revealed that he was continued on anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation at 4 mg daily with an INR remaining in his goal parameters. His creatinine level was 2.5 and his cyclosporine level was 303 on admission, reaching a maximum of 19.8 on hospital day four. Endocrine studies revealed a TSH of 0.02, a T4 of 6.0, and a THPR of 1.47. The patient's pulmonary status improved on oxygen and on intravenous antibiotics, and all studies for atypical organisms were negative. Prior to discharge, the patient's pulmonary status had returned to baseline and had entirely resolved. The patient was discharged on Augmentin 250/125 mg t.i.d., Levaquin 250 mg q.d., CellCept 500 mg b.i.d., Neoral 100 mg b.i.d., Prednisone 10 mg q.d., Synthroid 125 mcg q.d., INP insulin 14 units subcu q.a.m., regular insulin subcu p.r.n., Axid 150 mg q.d., nadolol 80 mg q.d., nifedipine XL 30 mg q.d., Coumadin 4 mg q.d., and iron sulfate 300 mg q.d., and follow-up was scheduled for bone densitometry in July 1998, with Dr. Clinton Ardizone in January 1998, and with Dr. Win in March.
Has the patient ever been on coumadin
Coumadin 4 mg q.d.,