What do you think was going on with John medically when he deteriorated?

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What do you think was going on with John medically when he deteriorated?
John Smith is an 85-year old male admitted for Dr. Lee. He fell at home. He
has a history of COPD, smoked one pack per day for 60 years, CHF and DM.
He had surgery two days ago for the left hip fracture. We are to change the
dressing daily and PRN. The incision site is slightly pink, edematous, and
draining sanguineous drainage. I changed the dressing once in the night.
They stopped his IV fluids yesterday. He is saline locked. The patient gets
QID blood sugar checks. I checked him in the night because he felt kind of
sweaty and didn't talk to me much, but his sugar was 110. I checked his vitals
at 0450- Temp 99.0, HR 98, R-20, BP 100/65, O2 sat 91 & on 1 liter, I bumped
up his oxygen to 3 liters at that time. His lung sounds are coarse. As for as
orientation goes.
Transcribed Image Text:John Smith is an 85-year old male admitted for Dr. Lee. He fell at home. He has a history of COPD, smoked one pack per day for 60 years, CHF and DM. He had surgery two days ago for the left hip fracture. We are to change the dressing daily and PRN. The incision site is slightly pink, edematous, and draining sanguineous drainage. I changed the dressing once in the night. They stopped his IV fluids yesterday. He is saline locked. The patient gets QID blood sugar checks. I checked him in the night because he felt kind of sweaty and didn't talk to me much, but his sugar was 110. I checked his vitals at 0450- Temp 99.0, HR 98, R-20, BP 100/65, O2 sat 91 & on 1 liter, I bumped up his oxygen to 3 liters at that time. His lung sounds are coarse. As for as orientation goes.
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