Escherichia Coli Case Summary

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Nursing 337 Holistic Care of the Adult Clinical Paper sections and point allotment Patient capsule (4 points) The patient is a fifty-one-year-old female who lives with her son in Wisconsin. The patient carries Blue Cross Insurance. She was brought to the emergency department by her son after he found her lying unconscious and was administered to the hospital on January sixteenth due to a septic shock that is caused by Escherichia coli. She was then transferred to the Med Surge unit around two weeks ago after being medically stable. She is medically stable and stable. The current medical problems are diabetes mellitus that is managed with insulin shots. She also has urinary retention and kidney dysfunction. She gets dialysis twice a week, Mondays, …show more content…
The patient was admitted to the emergency department unconscious, hyperthermia, tachycardia, tachypnea, and low blood pressure. After running some tests, the patient was diagnosed with septic shock caused by Escherichia coli. Escherichia coli is a harmless bacteria that lives in the GI and can be found in some animals. Some of the signs and symptoms of E. coli include bleeding, confusion, fever, and kidney failure. The patient also has kidney dysfunction and urinary retention that led to the Escherichia coli septic shock. List of diagnostic tests performed (2 points) Some of the diagnostic tests that are performed on the patient are • Blood specimens • Blood cultures • Viral specimens • Fungal specimens • Urine sample • Complete Blood Count (CBC): count red blood cells and white blood cells, platelet counts. Discussion of prioritized diagnostic tests for this patient (8 points). All these diagnostic tests are very important to diagnose the problem. One of the most important diagnostic tests is obtaining a complete blood count test to determine the abnormalities. Complete blood count test includes white blood cells which could be a great infection
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