Stettler, Hal 223-66-98-9, an 81 y.o. woman, was admitted to the hospital on 1/15/2004 with pneumonia and discharged on 6/18/2004. Mrs. Marnett presented with chest pain, difficulty speaking, nausea, and lightheadedness and had URI symptoms two weeks prior. On arrival to the floor, a raised, painful area was noted on her L forearm. PMedHx includes H/o agina, Echo (1/29) with EF 55%, abnormal septal motion, mild AR, no MR, mod TR, Holter 0/2 with multiform VE (bigem, cooup), SVE's 1st degree A-V block, D.M. AGA1c 6.1 (6/17), subacute thalamic stroke noted on CT 1/29, Afib - on COUMADIN, Mitral stenosis - MVR St Jude (4/27), CHF, Restrictive lung disease- 5/23 PFTs FVC 1.33, FEV1 0.98, Sigmoid colostomy, Ventral hernia repair, Bladder calcifications on CT urogram (1/29), HTN, RA, and Recent eye hemorrhage. VS: T 98.9 P 103, BP 160/74, RR 20, OxySat 97% 2L NC, FSG 172. On order for COUMADIN PO (ref # 17623917), the patient was prescribed AMIODARONE 200 MG PO QD, GLIPIZIDE 2.5 MG PO QD, ISORDIL (ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE) 20 MG PO TID, SARNA TOPICAL TP QD Instructions: to lower extremities, COUMADIN (WARFARIN SODIUM) 2.5 MG PO QOD, HYDROCORTISONE 1% -TOPICAL CREAM TP BID Instructions: to R elbow eczema, LEVOFLOXACIN 250 MG PO QD Starting IN AM (3/0), NIZORAL 2% SHAMPOO (KETOCONAZOLE 2% SHAMPOO) TOPICAL TP tiweek, GUAIFENESIN 10 MILLILITERS PO Q6H Starting Today (2/12) PRN Other:cough, SYNALAR 0.025% CREAM (FLUOCINOLONE 0.025% CREAM) TOPICAL TP BID Instructions: `, PLAQUENIL (HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE) 200 MG PO BID, NORVASC (AMLODIPINE) 10 MG PO QD, and was instructed to administer iron products a minimum of 2 hours before or after a levofloxacin or ciprofloxacin dose. POTENTIALLY SERIOUS INTERACTIONS between AMIODARONE HCL & WARFARIN, LEVOFLOXACIN & WARFARIN, and LEVOFLOXACIN & AMIODARONE HCL were Override Notices added on 2/19/04, and an Alert was overridden for POSSIBLE ALLERGY (OR SENSITIVITY) to SULFA. The patient was discharged on 1/29/04 at 05:00 PM contingent upon attending evaluation, and the code status was Full Code with the disposition home with services. The patient was to finish 6 more days of Levo (total 10) and was monitored as an outpatient while on levofloxacin. Her INR was 3 after 2 days of levofloxacin and will be checked again by VNA 3 days, and if fever, SOB, increasing left arm pain, or other symptoms, the patient was to call the doctor, weigh herself daily, and not restart HTN meds until Dr. Schoville tells her to.
has the patient used levo in the past
finish 6 more days of Levo (total 10)