This is a 61-year-old gentleman with severe pulmonary hypertension secondary to chronic PEs, OSA, gout, bilateral hip replacements who presents with two falls in the past two days. He was compliant with his medication regimen and denies dietary indiscretion. He was on his beta-blocker and anticoagulated on Coumadin with an INR goal of 2.5, initially being supertherapeutic with a daily goal of negative 500 to 1 L with IV Lasix once or twice a day as needed, his home dose being 160 mg p.o. His baseline room air oxygen saturation was 90-93% and he should use oxygen as treatment for his pulmonary hypertension and be provided with oxygen at home. He was treated for his hip pain initially with oxycodone which was changed to Dilaudid for better pain control, and he should be changed back to his home dose of oxycodone when discharged. He also has a history of gout which was exacerbated with diuresis and he is on his home doses of allopurinol and colchicine, Indocin being added and he should receive a total of three days of Indocin. Tylenol and narcotics as previously described can be used to help with his gouty pain. His GI regimen includes Nexium at home and Prilosec while an inpatient, and he should be switched back to Nexium when discharged from rehabilitation. His lab results on discharge include a creatinine of 1, hematocrit of 53.1 and INR of 2.3, potassium being 3.9 and magnesium being 2.0. The discharge medications include Coumadin 11 mg on Monday, Wednesday and Friday and 12 mg the other days of the week, Diovan 320 a day, multivitamin 1 tab daily, Toprol-XL 50 once a day, nifedipine extended release 30 once a day, Revatio 20 mg 3 times a day, hydrochlorothiazide 25 once a day, Lasix 160 IV once per day, allopurinol 200 once per day, colchicine 0.6 once per day, Colace, Prilosec 20 once a day, Dilaudid 2 mg q.4 h. p.o. p.r.n. pain, Tylenol 500-1000 mg p.o. q.6 h. p.r.n. pain not to exceed 4 gm total from all sources in a 24-hour period, Ambien 10 mg p.o. nightly p.r.n. insomnia. He is being discharged to rehab with a followup with his cardiologist, Dr. Insco, and an appointment with Endocrinology.
What is has been given for treatment of her better pain control.
was changed to Dilaudid for better pain control,