This is a 66-year-old man with diabetes, hypertension, obesity and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the right hip on chemotherapy (R-CHOP) which began on 4/10/06 and will continue for 18 weeks, reporting no complications from ischemic chemotherapy. The patient presented to the emergency room with syncope and was hypotensive on arrival, receiving IV normal saline as volume resuscitation. The second set of cardiac enzymes was positive with a troponin of 2, and an echocardiogram the morning following admission showed a dilated right ventricle consistent with right ventricular strain. A PE protocol CT scan showed a large saddle embolus, and the patient was treated initially with IV heparin, transitioned to Coumadin and then the decision was made to try Lovenox therapy for long-term anticoagulation. Cardiac enzymes normalized and repeat echocardiogram showed mild improvement in right heart function. On admission, the patient's medications were Atenolol 50 daily, lisinopril 5 daily, Protonix 40 daily, metformin 1500 daily, Lantus 60 daily, Humalog 20 before meals, Byetta 5 mcg twice daily, levothyroxine (dose unknown), OxyContin 40 every eight hours, Percocet two tabs every 3 hours as needed for pain and gabapentin (dose unknown).
has the patient used protonix in the past
Protonix 40 daily, metformin 1500 daily, Lantus 60 daily, Humalog 20 before meals,