A 77-year-old woman presented to the ED with sudden onset of severe sharp chest pain, diaphoresis, and nausea; she was given nitro, hydralazine, SL nitro, and a nitro drip, and her pain was relieved. Cardiac catheterization showed no change from prior studies, but pulmonary hypertension was noted, and the patient was treated with heparin, ASA/Plavix (home dose), and uptitrated labetalol for BP control. A PE CT showed a pulmonary nodule, and the patient was discharged home on ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID 81 MG PO DAILY, LIPITOR (ATORVASTATIN) 80 MG PO BEDTIME, CALTRATE 600 + D (CALCIUM CARBONATE 1,500 MG (...) 2 TAB PO DAILY, PLAVIX (CLOPIDOGREL) 75 MG PO QAM, NEXIUM (ESOMEPRAZOLE) 20 MG PO QAM, LASIX (FUROSEMIDE) 40 MG PO QAM, INSULIN 70/30 HUMAN 40 UNITS SC BID, IMDUR ER (ISOSORBIDE MONONITRATE (SR)) 60 MG PO DAILY, LABETALOL HCL 400 MG PO Q8H Starting Tonight (2/22), LEVOXYL (LEVOTHYROXINE SODIUM) 112 MCG PO DAILY, OXYCODONE 5-10 MG PO Q4H PRN Pain, ALDACTONE (SPIRONOLACTONE) 12.5 MG PO QAM, and DIOVAN (VALSARTAN) 160 MG PO DAILY, with instructions to take medications consistently with meals or on an empty stomach and to assess blood sugars and titrate insulin as per her doctor's instructions. She was to monitor her electrolytes with VNA in 1 week, continue diabetes teaching, and work with her VNA for aggressive diabetes management, with follow up with her outpt PCP and endocrinologist for titration of insulin and optimization of insulin regimen, as well as a pulmonary consult to evaluate for primary pulmonary disease, and a repeat chest CT in 6-12 months to follow up the pulmonary nodule.
Has this patient ever been treated with labetalol
uptitrated labetalol for BP control.