Question

You have two very ill patients this week, and each of them presents a very complicated case. First, you have a patient with an ongoing problem that has resisted diagnosis. He was enroute to an evaluation with a neurologist, but on the way to the hospital suddenly fell into a coma (a state of involuntary unconsciousness due to illness or injury) and had to be brought in to your medical facility by ambulance.

You will use at least 10 medical terms to describe this patient, and to refer to the original underlying problem the patient had in the first place. Use the nervous system medical word elements chart and the medical, surgical, and diagnostic terms chart on from your textbook to get you started on the medical terms you will need. You can include specific drugs used in neurological disease as you list at least 3 tests and procedures used.

Your second patient this week is also quite ill and is presenting a number of problems. This patient is diabetic, and also has another Endocrine System disorder (of your choice). Consult the endocrine medical word elements chart as you develop medical terms—include at least 10 that would be appropriate in this case. You should consult  medical, surgical, and diagnostic procedures in your textbook as you select at least 3 tests and procedures for this patient. .

Answer 1

1. 56 year old gentleman with Glasgow coma scale 3/15/hypoxic encephalopathy/cellulitis right leg/systemic hypertension/ dyslipidemia

The following test was done, Neck rigidity negative, knee jerk normal, corneal reflex sluggishi and he underwent following procedures CT brain normal, EEG showing Delta waves, ABG showing metabolic acidosis

The patient is on Intravenous Ceftriaxone 1gram twice daily, oxygen inhalation, levodopa, Telmisartan, Atorvastatin.

2.60 year old man with Right side Bronchopneumonia/ Type 2 Diabetes mellitus/Hypothyroidism/ Septic shock/ Bullae Left palm

Test: Mantaux test, Rapid antigen test for corona virus, Random blood sugar, thyroid function test

Procedure: Chest XRay, HRCT chest, Echo

Is on Intravenous antibiotics, oxygen inhalation, insulin, thyronorm .