70 yr old male with c/o fever since 20days, Cough and cold since 10 days

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Chief complaints;
H/o fever since 20days
H/o cough since 10 days
H/o cold since 10 days

Hopi:


Patient was apparently asymptomatic 20 days backlater developed fever, which was intermittent,more at night, associated with chills and rigor not relieved on medication . Fever low grade to high grade 

Cough insidious onset associated with sputum, mucoid, non foul smelling,non blood stained, more at night relieved with medication 
Cold since 10 days

Patient had h/o palpitations, burning micturition weekstream of urine
No H/o chest pain, vomiting, loose stools,
No H/o PND, orthopnea
No H/o headache

Past history:
  HTN since 1 year on tab amlong 5 Mg PO/OD 

N/K/C/O  dm, TB, Asthma , Epilepsy , CVA, CAD, Thyroid disorders.


Personal history :-

Diet - Mixed

Appetite - normal

Bowel and bladder - regular

Sleep - adequate

addictions occasionally alcoholic

No H/o food and drug allergies

Family history:-

Not significant 

General physical examination: 



Patient Patient is conscious, coherent, cooperative ,moderately built and nourished

No signs of pallor ,icterus, cyanosis, clubbing, generalised lymphadenopathy, edema 










Vitals at the time of admission 

Temp- afebrile 

BP-140/80mmHg

PR-  86 bpm

RR - 18 cpm

SpO2- 99 % at RA 


Systemic examination:

Cardiovascular system

Inspection-

Shape of chest-Normal  

No precordial bulge.

No dialated veins,scars and discharging sinuses.

No visible pulsations.

Palpation-

 Apical beat felt in 5th intercostal space.

No parasternal heave and thrills

Auscultation-

S1S2 heard 

No murmurs heard

Respiratory system:

-Inspection:

Trachea -appears to be central

Chest appears bilaterally symmetrical ,movements are symmetrical on both sides.

elliptical in shape.

No chest wall defects.

No scars and sinuses.

-Palpation:

All the inspectory findings are confirmed.

Trachea central in position

-Percussion                Right              Left

Supraclavicular          R   

       R

Infraclavicular           R                    R

Mammary                   R                    R

Inframammary          R                    R

Axillary                        R                    R

Infraaxillary               R                    R

Suprascapular           R                    R

Infrascapular             R                   R

R-Resonant

-Auscultation        Right              Left 

Supraclavicular     NVBS             NVBS

Infraclavicular       NVBS             NVBS

Mammary           NVBS.              NVBS

Inframammary      NVBS              NVBS  

Axillary                    NVBS              NVBS

Infraaxillary      Crepitations.       Crepitations

Suprascapular        NVBS              NVBS

Infrascapular         NVBS              NVBS

(NVBS- Normal vesicular breath sounds)

Central Nervous system:

No focal neurological deficit


Investigations :









Provisional diagnosis:
Lower respiratory tract infection 


Treatment:
Iv fluid NS @ 50ml/hr
Inj pcm 1 gm /sos 
Inj ceftriaxone 2 GM iv/bd
Inj pan 40mg iv/od
Tab Azithromycin 500mg po/bd
Tab pcm 650mg po/tid
Tab montek ls po/hs
Tab grilinctus15ml  po/tid 

Nebulization with duolin 6th hourly
Inj neurobion iv/od
Grbs, pr, bp, rr, spo2 monitoring 4th hourly 







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