Endocrine System Case Study

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This 73-year-old male patient developed urine retention following a right above knee amputation on [Date]. Prior to the surgery he had a slow stream, hesitancy, and nocturia x3.

The patient is diabetic, suffers from hypertension, and has a history of CVA and MI. A cardiac stent placement, pacemaker placement. He has poor vascularization of the left leg.

He had been on warfarin, which was discontinued 5 days prior to the procedure. _____ scan, then _____ (blank) to show that his digital _____ (563, or of 63), and up to 800, despite the Flomax, and the Proscar that he was on.

He also had an abdominal aortogram and left lower extremity angiogram, which revealed occlusion of the posterior tibial and peroneal arteries; but patent dorsalis pedis.

His lab studies showed a hemoglobin 9.6, white count of 6.7, platelet of 400. BUN of 26, serum creatinine of 1.4. Glomerular filtration rate of 53. Coagulation profile was slightly elevated, BT of 16.6, _____ of 1.43. The APTT 32.2, shows normal.
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9-18,9/18) laser evaporation of the prostate gland. The pathological report showed _____(folk/volk) of cystitis, cystica, and prostatic stroma, and _____ (s/l blendera) hyperplasia, but no malignancy identified. He did well postoperatively, and following the removal of the catheter he was able to void. However, he has some residual of _____ (voiding/bleeding) from 200-400, and for this reason he was placed on _____ (Uroqid?) 25 mg 4 times a day, and [Name] was discharged to be _____ (furthered) in the

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