You are a pharmacist working in the cardiac ward of a hospital where Mr. Smith (48 years) was admitted to the hospital seven days ago with a diagnosis of myocardial infarction (MI). He has a history of hypertension and hyperlipidemia but no previous psychiatric history. Mr. Smith reports occasional worry about his health, especially his heart condition. He sometimes experiences restlessness, muscle tension, and difficulty falling asleep. Upon assessment, his GAD-7 score was 11 (on a scale of 0-21). He sleeps approximately eight hours in the night. Mr. Smith is asking to add a sleeping pill to his current medication list. As a pharmacist, which initial management option do you suggest for the anxiety and sleep complaints of the patient?
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- Patient: Winston Waller Physician: Morris Johnston, MD August 1, 2022 History This patient is a 73-year-old male nonsmoker with type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension. He presented to this ED with shortness of breath and was found to have had an acute myocardial infarction of the anterior wall of his heart showing an ST elevation that had previously been left untreated. He developed several complications, including renal failure from a combination of cardiogenic shock and toxicity from the dye used for emergency catheterization of his heart. Hemodialysis was started during this hospitalization because of his renal failure. After spending almost a month in the hospital and developing severe deconditioning, he was discharged to a subacute rehabilitation facility. Examination While he was there, he was noted to have symptoms consistent with mild depression, as well as a prior history of a major depressive episode in 2019. Mirtazapine (Remeron) 25 mg/day was started. He was…arrow_forwardMr Rupinder Patel is a 70 year old retired businessman. He has a past medical history of Congestive Cardiac Failure (CCF). This developed after he experienced a two myocardial infarctions 8 years ago. Both ventricles were affected. The death of his wife 2 years ago has led to Rupinder experiencing several episodes of depression which has been exacerbated by his sons both moving to Western Australia for work. The loneliness and sadness makes it difficult for him to be concordant with his CCF management and sustain the necessary lifestyle adjustments required to prevent exacerbations. This has resulted in several admissions to hospital for management and review of his CCF. For this current admission, Mr Patel was referred to hospital by his Nurse Practitioner, after recently rapidly gaining weight (currently 110kg), since his previous visit. The time now is 0800 and you have just come on for your morning shift. Mr Patel has been on the ward for only two hours after spending…arrow_forwardThe cardiovascular systemarrow_forward
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