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iHuman Case Week #7 Cardiovascular High Blood Pressure (NR6512)
......................................IWHY STUDENTS TRUST DOCMERIT
Anselmo Lopez is a 57-year-old overweight Hispanic male construction worker and smoker who
presents for evaluation of elevated blood-pressure reading of 170/92 noted at a recent local health
fair. He takes ibuprofen for joint pain. He denies daytime somnolence and fatigue, interrupted sleep,
snoring, apnea, chest pain, edema, or shortness of breath. Physical examination is notable for a BP
of 172/94 on the left arm and 178/98 on the right arm, overweight BMI, fundoscopic findings of AV
nicking and otherwise negative cardiopulmonary examination
,Week 7 Cardiovascular high blood pressure
57 y/o
5′ 9″ (175 cm)
195.0 lb (88.6 kg)
Reason for encounter
High blood pressure
STUVIA VERIFIED DOCUMENT
iHuman Case Week #7 Cardiovascular High Blood Pressure (NR6512)
......................................IWHY STUDENTS TRUST DOCMERIT
Anselmo Lopez is a 57-year-old overweight Hispanic male construction worker and smoker who
presents for evaluation of elevated blood-pressure reading of 170/92 noted at a recent local health
fair. He takes ibuprofen for joint pain. He denies daytime somnolence and fatigue, interrupted sleep,
snoring, apnea, chest pain, edema, or shortness of breath. Physical examination is notable for a BP
of 172/94 on the left arm and 178/98 on the right arm, overweight BMI, fundoscopic findings of AV
nicking and otherwise negative cardiopulmonary examination
,Week 7 Cardiovascular high blood pressure
57 y/o
5′ 9″ (175 cm)
195.0 lb (88.6 kg)
Reason for encounter
High blood pressure
