General medicine case 4

 The patient history was taken from psychiatry notes written by Dr.Sravanthi mam.

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20 September 2021


30 yr Male came to casuality with chief compaint of pedal edema and shortness of breath since one month .


HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS:

Patient was apparently asymptomatic 1 month back ,and then he developed pedal edema(pitting type)and sob(grade2) 

He has fever since 3days associated with chills.

He has cough from 20days.

PAST HISTORY:

He had similar complaints 5 yrs back and workup for anaemia.

No history of hypertension, diabetes,asthma and epilepsy.


PERSONAL HISTORY:

Decreased appetite 

Diet - Non vegetarian 

Sleep is adequate

Bowel and bladder - Normal

Micturition - normal

No addictions


FAMILY HISTORY:

No similar complaints in the family.


GENERAL PHYSICAL EXAMINATION:

Patient is conscious, coherent and co-operative.

Pallor -Severe



Mild icterus 



Mild cyanosis ,clubbing is present

edema of feet - pitting type


Abdominal distension is present



VITALS

Temp -afebrile

bp - 110/50 mmHg

PR - 110 bpm

RR - 20

Spo2 - 98%


SYSTEMIC EXAMINATION:


CVS :

No thrills 

S1, S2 heard

S3 gallop heard 

No cardiac murmurs 


RESPIRATORY SYSTEM:

 Dsypnoea - present

No wheezing

Position of trachea - central

Breath sounds - vesicular 


ABDOMEN:

Shape of abdomen:distended

No tenderness

Mild hepatomegaly

No bruits

Liver - not palpable

Spleen - not palpable

Bowel sounds are present


CNS:

No abnormality detected.



INVESTIGATIONS:


HEMOGRAM:

Total Leucocyte Count:9850cells/cu mm

RBC:0.58 mill/cu mm

Hemoglobin:3.1gm/dl

Platelet Count:61000 lakhs/cu mm


Anti HCV antibodies - non reactive

HBsAg - negative

HIV - negative


LFT:

Total Bilurubin:4.94mg/dl

Direct Bilurubin:0.65mg/dl

AST:60IU/L

ALT:15IU/L

ALP:103IU/L

Albumin:2.9gm/dl



RFT:

Serology - negative

Urea - 22mg/dl

Creatinine - 0.7mg/dl

LDH - 2426

Sodium - 136mEq/L

Potassium - 3.8mEq/L

Chlorine - 102mEq/L



CUE: 

Albumin:nil

Sugar:nil

Pus cells:3-4

Epithelial cells:2-3


ULTRASOUND REPORT:


ECG:


2D ECHO:



CHEST X-RAY:


FEVER CHART:










PROVISIONAL DIAGNOSIS: 


Anaemia secondary to vit B12 deficiency with thrombocytopenia.

Right heart failure.


TREATMENT:


1)Bp/PR/Temp 4th hr


2)Inj.Optineuron 1amp in 100ml


3)Tab.MVT PO/OD


4)Inj.Lasix 40mg iv/BD


5)Tab.PCM 500mg /sos


6)Inj.Ceftriaxone 1gm Iv/BD


7)Fluid restriction <1.5 L/day


8)i/o charting.


Questions:

Why do heart failure patients retain fluids?

What are the signs of worsening heart failure?

How is Anemia related to heart failure?

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