Labs and Diagnostic Tests

LABS AND DIAGNOSTIC TESTS

For part one, you must write in paragraph forms 5 lab or diagnostic tests that you anticipate will be ordered for a patient’s primary diagnoses and why. You must have a title page and reference page and the paper must be written in APA format.
Choose five labs or diagnostic tests that might be ordered for your case study client. Describe the importance of each lab/test for your specific client. Note normal results, expected abnormal values based on your client, and what that would signify for your client. This summary should be at least one page in length.
Course Project Case Study:
Ms. Anderson is a 76-year-old Caucasian female resident at a long-term care facility. She was recently diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis. She has a medical history of DM type 2, hypertension, CHF, Shingles (November 2020), and ESRD. She is widowed and has no children but has a niece in the area. She has a Scandinavian background, speaks English and follows the Lutheran faith. She has an arteriovenous fistula for dialysis access in her left forearm and undergoes hemodialysis three times weekly at an outpatient dialysis center.

Orders include:
Blood sugar monitoring ACHS; call less than 75 or greater than 300
Do not resuscitate
Low protein, NAS diet
1500ml/24 hours fluid restriction
Do not access arteriovenous fistula
Dressing changes to fistula will be done at Dialysis center
Apply pressure dressing and notify MD for bleeding at fistula
Ambulate independently
Oxygen @ 2L/NC PRN
Hold antihypertensive medications until after dialysis run
Medication Include:
Lisinopril 40 mg PO daily
Metoprolol 50 mg PO twice daily
Furosemide 40 mg PO BID
Potassium Chloride 20 meq PO TID daily with meals
Metformin 500 mg PO BID