West Coast University PHYSOLOGY 261 Signature Assignment Case study (answered)
West Coast University PHYSOLOGY 261 Signature Assignment Case study (answered) Sarah, a 63-year-old female with a past medical history significant for diabetes mellitus, cirrhosis, gout, and a 30-pack a year smoking history, presents to the emergency room with chest pain revealing pericarditis in the echocardiogram, secondary to recently diagnosed end-stage renal disease. Physical examination reveals yellowish discoloration to the skin and sclera, multiple bruises, and 2+ bilateral edema. Sarah reports weakness lasting more than three weeks. Her medications include Glisten, a new drug for diabetes that causes ATP sensitive potassium channels to close, thereby releasing insulin.
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sarah
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physology 261 signature assignment case study
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signature assignment case study
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a 63 year old female with a past medical history significant for diabetes mellitus