Mrs. Wetterauer is a 54-year-old female with coronary artery disease status post inferior myocardial infarction in March of 1997, with sick sinus syndrome, status post permanent pacemaker placement, and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation controlled with amiodarone; also with history of diabetes mellitus and hypertension. On 1/11, she experienced severe respiratory distress and was unable to be intubated on the field. She was ultimately intubated at Sirose, and an echocardiogram showed an ejection fraction of 25 to 30 percent with flat CKs. She was diuresed six liters and a right heart catheterization showed a pulmonary artery pressure of 40/15, wedge of 12, and cardiac output of 5.2. Hemodynamics indicated her cardiac output was dependent on her SVR. At the outside hospital, a right upper lobe infiltrate was noted and she was given gentamicin 250 mg times one, and clindamycin 600 mg. She was diagnosed with pneumonia and treated with clindamycin, which caused resolution of her white count. She was also given Solu-Medrol 40 mg intravenous q.6 hours for possible asthma, and had an increase in her Lasix and lisinopril dose, as well as her amiodarone. Her last admission was on 10/6 for atypical chest pain, and she was placed on Bactrim Double Strength b.i.d. times a total of seven days, as well as Lovenox 60 mg b.i.d., aspirin 325 p.o. q.d., lisinopril 40 mg p.o. b.i.d., digoxin 0.25, Lopressor 100 mg b.i.d., Zantac, Albuterol, Flovent, Solu-Medrol, and amiodarone 300 mg once a day. Home medications include amiodarone 200 mg p.o. q.d., Glyburide 5 mg p.o. q.d., Lopressor 50 mg p.o. b.i.d., Prempro 0.625/2.5 p.o. q.d., lisinopril 40 mg p.o. q.d., Coumadin, nitroglycerin sublingual, Zantac, beclomethasone, and Ventolin. Medications on transfer, Lovenox 60 mg b.i.d., aspirin 325 p.o. q.8, digoxin 0.25, Lopressor 100 mg b.i.d., Zantac, Albuterol, Flovent, Solu-Medrol, and amiodarone 300 mg once a day. The patient was also placed on Tapazole 10 mg p.o. b.i.d., Zantac 150 mg p.o. b.i.d., Coumadin 5.0 mg p.o. q.p.m., Bactrim Double Strength one tablet p.o. b.i.d., Tapazole 10 mg p.o. b.i.d., Zantac 150 mg p.o. b.i.d., Coumadin 5.0 mg p.o. q.p.m., Bactrim Double Strength one tablet p.o. b.i.d., Glyburide 5 mg p.o. q.d., Lasix 20 mg p.o. q.d., atenolol 150 mg p.o. q.d., diltiazem CD 240 mg p.o. q.d., and resolved with 20 mg of Lasix p.o. q.d. Mrs. Wetterauer was admitted to the Aley Coness-o Meoak Medical Center for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation controlled with amiodarone, and had an increase in her Lasix and lisinopril dose, as well as her amiodarone. She was also given Solu-Medrol 40 mg intravenous q.6 hours for possible asthma. For her anxiety, the patient was treated acutely with Ativan and her problem resolved quite well, and she became more comfortable in the hospital. Diabetes Mellitus was managed with Glyburide held initially on admission, covered with insulin sliding scale, and restarted on discharge. Edema was managed with Lasix 20 mg p.o. q.d. and resolved with 20 mg of Lasix p.o. q.d. Urinary Tract Infection was managed with antibiotics. She was discharged with medications including amiodarone 200 mg p.o. q.d., lisinopril 40 mg p.o. b.i.d., Tapazole 10 mg
Was the patient on any medication for her fluid accumulation
Lasix 20 mg p.o. q.d.,