- HIM FPX 4610 Assessment 5 Discharge Summary The Cardiorespiratory System
Discharge Summary
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| Number | Common Term | Medical Term or Abbreviation | Drug | Reason Drug Is Used |
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| Example 1 | Pulmonary embolism | PE | – | – |
| Example 2 | – | – | Diovan | Treats hypertension |
| 1 | High blood pressure | Hypertension (Chabner, 2017, p. 424) | Norvasc (Calcium channel blocker) | Lowers blood pressure and treats arrhythmias (Chabner, 2017, p. 892) |
| 2 | Abnormally high concentration of lipids | Hyperlipidemia (Chabner, 2017, p. 427) | Lipitor (Statins) | Controls hypercholesterolemia (Chabner, 2017, p. 892) |
| 3 | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease | COPD (Chabner, 2017, p. 477) | Lasix (Diuretic) | Used for hypertension and CHF (Chabner, 2017, p. 892) |
| 4 | Congestive heart failure | CHF (Chabner, 2017, p. 419) | Cozaar (Angiotensin II receptor blockers) | Antihypertensive (Chabner, 2017, p. 892) |
| 5 | Stroke | Cerebrovascular accident, CVA (Chabner, 2017, p. 8 & 369) | Penicillin (Antibiotic) | Used to kill infections (bacteria, fungi, or parasites) (Chabner, 2017, p. 888) |
| 6 | Non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction | NSTEMI (Chabner, 2017, p. 435) | – | – |
| 7 | Shortness of breath | Dyspnea (Chabner, 2017, p. 470) | – | – |
| 8 | Chest pain | Angina (Chabner, 2017, p. 426) | – | – |
| 9 | Numbness | Paresthesia (Chabner, 2017, p. 360 & 378) | – | – |
| 10 | Blindness over half the field of vision | Hemianopsia (Chabner, 2017, p. 701) | – | – |
References
Chabner, B. A. (2017). The Language of Medicine (11th ed.). Elsevier. HIM FPX 4610 Assessment 5 Discharge Summary The Cardiorespiratory System.
McGraw-Hill Education. (2019). Medical Terminology: A Short Course (9th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education.
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