NRNP 6550 Week 6 iHuman; Tom Bradford
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Tom Bradford is a 71-year-old male patient who presented with an acute onset of severe abdominal pain for the past four hours. He described his pain as sharp and non-radiating with the severity of 10/10 and reported that his symptoms started after eating oatmeal for breakfast.
Associated symptoms include one episode of loose stool, nausea, and vomiting with shortness of breath and palpitations. The patient is a chronic smoker for the past 50 years, and his medical history includes hypertension, CAD and atrial fibrillation status post cardioversion. He has no known allergies and is currently taking Metoprolol, Lisinopril, and Aspirin. Clinical findings during physical examination revealed tachypnea, tachycardia with irregularly heart rhythm, mild diffuse abdominal tenderness and positive stool for occult blood.
