Ms. Wentz, a 51-year-old female, was found to have an adenomatous polyp at the ileocecal valve, which was not amenable to colonoscopy resection. She has a past history of pulmonary embolism, diabetes mellitus type 2, obesity, hypercholesterolemia, probable COPD, hypertension, and moderate obstructive sleep apnea. The patient also has a long history of smoking, but quit five months before her admission. The patient is allergic to IV erythromycin, which causes rash. She was taking Lipitor 10 mg once a day, Metformin 500 mg in the morning, 100 mg in the afternoon, Coumadin 11 mg, and Tylenol p.r.n. for joint pain. The patient's Coumadin was withheld a week before operation and was placed on heparin. Her Coumadin was restarted on 7/3/05 and on her home dose of 11 mg. Her INR steadily increased over the course of her hospital stay up to 1.7 at her discharge. The patient was on metformin for her diabetes mellitus, which was withheld on the day of her surgery, and was placed on Regular Insulin sliding scale. She also complained of white creamy discharge from her vagina on 9/29/05 and miconazole suppository was prescribed for five days. At the time of discharge, her discharge from her vagina had resolved. The patient was discharged with DuoNeb 3/0.5 mg q.6h, Coumadin 12 mg p.o. nightly, Lipitor 10 mg p.o. once a day, Metformin p.o. 500 mg in the morning, 1000 mg in the afternoon, Colace 100 mg twice a day p.o., and Dilaudid 2-4 mg q.3h. p.o. The patient will arrange to have her INR draw on 1/1/05 with follow-up INRs to be drained every two days and INR will be followed by her primary care physician, Dr. Afonso. The patient is full code.
Has this patient ever been treated with heparin.
on heparin. Her Coumadin was restarted on 7/3/05