Peritоneаl аnd blооd cultures аre sent to the lab and focused assessments are completed. IV Normal Saline is started at 100cc/hr. The following assessment data is obtained. Anxious and restless in bed Oriented to person and place Shallow depth of respirations Auscultated lung fields clear throughout 2+ radial pulses, 1+ pedal pulses Capillary refill >3 seconds Skin cool and pale Diminished bowel sounds Client denies chest pain, heartburn, and nausea Time 1600 1700 1745 2120 2230 0200 0615 0730 Unit Pre-op Surgery Post-op MS Vital signs Temperature 98.9° F (37.2° C) 99.5° F (37.5° C) 100.9° F (38.3° C) 101.6° F (38.7° C) 102.3° F (39.1° C) 102.5° F (39.2° C) Heart rate 89 beats/min 95 beats/min 88 beats/min 108 beats/min 116 beats/min 120 beats/min Cardiac rhythm NSR NSR NSR ST ST ST Blood pressure 145/67 mm Hg 126/60 mm Hg 120/60 mm Hg 108/57 mm Hg 95/51 mm Hg 90/48 mm Hg Respiratory rate 18 breaths/min 18 breaths/min 22 breaths/min 24 breaths/min 28 breaths/min 28 breaths/min O2 saturation 95% 94% 98% 92% 90% 88% O2 device None None 2L NC 2L NC 4L NC 50% VM Pain Denies Denies Abdomen 4/10 Abdomen 4/10 Abdomen 6/10 Abdomen 6/10 Capillary blood glucose 148 mg/dL (8.2 mmol/L) 136 mg/dL (7.6 mmol/L) 186 mg/dL (10.33 mmol/L) 205 mg/dL (11.39 mmol/L) 260 mg/dL (14.4 mmol/L) Labs RBC 4.8 × 1012/L 4.9 × 1012/L 4.8 × 1012/L WBC 11,000/mm3 (11 109/L) 11,800/mm3 (11.8 × 109/L) 16,000/mm3 (13 × 109/L) Platelet 110,000/mm3 (110 × 109/L) 100,000/ mm3 (100 × 109/L) 90,000/ mm3 (90 × 109/L) BUN 72 mg/dL (25.71 mmol/L 79 mg/dL (28.21 mmol/L Creatinine 4.8 × 1012/L 6.3 × 1012/L APTT 33 sec 55 sec INR 1.3 1.7 Lactate 4.2 mmol/L (41.53 mg/dL) Arterial blood gas pH 7.22 PaO2 60 mm Hg PaCO2 55 mm Hg HCO3− 20 mEq/L Cultures Peritoneal Pending Blood Pending What is the most likely explanation for this client’s condition?
Yоu аre present аt the mаke-shift emergency rооm in the dark reaches of the Amazon when your witch doctor (physician) friend receives a semi-conscious patient who has just been brought in with numerous clinical symptoms including nausea, vomiting, muscular weakness and paralysis. The individual is an inexperienced jungle traveler from the United States who suddenly took ill. He appears to have several scraps and puncture wounds on his back, arms and legs which is thought, by his rescuers, to be from loss of balance and disorientation in the rough jungle environment. Your witch doctor friend looks over the patient and administers an acetylcholine receptor antagonist and the patient gets worse! Your friend looks at you and smiles! With some urgency, he then gives the patient a small dose of a pesticide that is sitting on the shelf in his poorly stocked or equipped “clinic,” and the patient improves significantly. The pesticide is Malathion. The witch doctor looks at you and says he knows the cause of the illness in the patient. What caused the patient’s illness? (Later, the patient drools a little bit while he claims to have lost his infestation of body lice!) Answer with one word, the name of the Toxicant.
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