LIKITHA’S ELOG

 Hello everyone! This is Likitha, an intern posted in General medicine department. 


This is an online E log book to discuss our patient's de-identified health data shared after taking his/ her /guardian's signed informed consent. 


Here we discuss our individual patient's problems through series of inputs from available global online community of experts with an aim to solve those patient's clinical problems with collective current best evidence based inputs. 


This E log book also reflects my patient-centered online learning portfolio and your valuable inputs on the comment box is welcome.


Here is a case which I have seen:-


A 38 year old male patient has come to the opd on 04/09/20. He had 2 episodes of involuntary movements of both upper limb and lower limb with frothiness from mouth, up rolling of eyes which lasted for 2 minutes. 

No  h/o involuntary micturition and tongue bite.

No h/o chest pain, shortness of breath, weakness and deviation of mouth.

The patient had been on maintenance hemodialysis since 10 days.


H/o HTN since 10 days,

He is not a k/c/o asthma, TB, CAD, CVA, epilepsy. 


GENERAL EXAMINATION-

Patient is conscious, coherent and cooperative.

Moderately built and nourished.

Vitals -  

Temp- Afebrile 

Bp- 150/90mmHg

PR- 92bpm

RR- 18cpm 

No pallor, icterus, cyanosis , clubbing, pedal edema, lymphadenopathy.


SYSTEMIC EXAMINATION

PER ABDOMEN-

Shape - scaphoid 

Tenderness is present in epigastric region 

No local rise of temperature

No palpable mass 

No organomegaly

Hernial orifices free

Bowel sounds present


RS- 

Position of trachea central

NVBS +

No wheeze 

No adventitious breath sounds 


CVS- 

S1S2 heard

No murmurs 

Apex beat not felt


CNS-


Higher mental functions intact. 

All cranial nerves intact.

Sensory- intact 

Motor - intact 

No cerebellar signs


INVESTIGATIONS:- 















DIAGNOSIS:-

Chronic renal failure on maintenance hemodialysis, k/c/o HTN with generalised tonic clonic seizure.


TREATMENT:-

Inj LEVIPIL 500mg/iv/BD

Inj PAN 40mg/iv/OD

Inj LASIX 40mg/iv/BD

Tab NICARDIA 20mg TID

Fluid restriction <1.5L/day & Salt intake <2gm/day

Tab NODOSIS 550mg/OD

Tab V D3 0.25mcg/OD

Tab SHELCAL 500mg/BD

Tab OROFER XT/OD


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