Heres' what I'm thinking: I suspected osteoporosis in the knees causing the pain. The infection was another posibility that may also cause the pain. Could the Pt be loosing elasticity in his knees? Inflamation of the knees?
Can you give me SAMPLE, and OPQRST?
I'm only a basic.
I don't understand the following what was said about the lab tests:
More labs come rolling in: PT-12, INR- normal per your labs controls, PTT-35, NH3-13, tyrponin 1-0, tryponin t-0, myoglobin-35. Your partner orders an ESR for the heck of it and you get a result of 40.
NA-140/ K-4/ CL- 101/ Co2- 25/BGL- 115/ BUN- 8.1/Creat- 0.8
WBC 10/Hbg 12.6/ Hct 40.2/Plt 220
Tilts, UA, and UDS are negative.
Can you please explain these? I would like to know what they are and what they mean.