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Case Study

Instructions: Below is a case study presentation of a patient with a condition covered by this chapter. Read the case study and answer the questions below. Some questions will ask for information not included within this chapter. Use your text, a medical dictionary, or any other reference material you choose to answer these questions.

Case Study: An 88-year-old female was seen in the physician's office complaining of SOB, dizziness, orthopnea, elevated temperature, and a productive cough. Lung auscultation revealed rales over the R bronchi. CXR revealed fluid in the RUL. The patient was sent to the hospital with an admitting diagnosis of pneumonia. Vital signs upon admission were: temperature 102°F, pulse 100 and rapid, respirations 24 and labored, blood pressure 180/110. She was treated with IV antibiotics, postural drainage, and IPPB. She responded well to treatment and was released home to her family with oral antibiotics on the third day.

This activity contains 6 questions.

What was this patient's admitting diagnosis? Look this condition up in a reference source and include a short description of it.

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List and define each of the patient's presenting symptoms in your own words.

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Define auscultation and CXR. Describe what each revealed in your own words.

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What does the term vital signs mean? Describe this patient's vital signs.

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Describe the treatments she received while in the hospital in your own words.

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Explain the change in her medication when she was discharged home.

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