At the time of admission, the 73-year-old patient presented with altered mental status, intractable explosive diarrhea, congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease, myelodysplastic syndrome, peripheral vascular disease, gastrointestinal bleed, prostate cancer, and macular degeneration. His current medications included Opium Tincture, Aspirin, Lomotil, Lasix, Ditropan, Lopid, Zocor, Atapryl, and Iron. His physical examination was notable for a jugular venous pressure at 5 cm, moist mucous membranes, and soft, nontender, nondistended abdominal examination. His mental status improved quickly with respiratory status significantly with occasional nebulizer treatments of Albuterol and Atrovent. His losartan was held at admission due to acute renal failure, but other outpatient medications were continued. At the time of admission, Kaopectate and Lomotil were started for the guaiac positive brown stool. Chest x-ray was clear, and it was felt that the most likely etiology of his acute worsening of his diarrhea was viral gastroenteritis. He received a 7-day course of Levofloxacin and Flagyl for empiric abdominal coverage and remained afebrile since the time of his antibiotics. An MRI showed proximal disease in the SMA, IMA, and Celiac but overall with good distal flow, and an abdominal CT showed a thick small bowel and dilated gallbladder with stranding. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy revealed Grade IV Gastritis, and the patient was started on Nexium 40 b.i.d. His BUN was in the fifties with a creatinine of 2.2 throughout the hospitalization, and he was discharged on a full p.o. diet and instructed to supplement his diet with high nutrition Boost shakes. At the time of discharge, the patient was oxygenating well with no evidence of fluid overload or infiltrates. Occasional wheezes were noted and he will follow-up with Dr. Venzor following discharge.
Is there history of use of kaopectate
At the time of admission, Kaopectate and Lomotil were started