Question

M.P. is a 65-year-old African American woman who comes to your clinic for a follow-up visit. She was diagnosed with hypertension (HTN) 2 months ago and was given a prescription for a thiazide diuretic but stopped taking it 2 weeks ago because “it made me dizzy and I kept getting up during the night to empty my bladder.” During today's clinic visit, she expresses fear because her mother died of a cerebrovascular accident (CVA, stroke) at M.P.'s age, and M.P. is afraid she will suffer the same fate. She states, “I've never smoked and I don't drink, but I am so afraid of this high blood pressure.” You review the data from her past clinic visits

Answer 1

Ans) Chart View Family History:Mother, died at age 65 years of CVAFather, died at age 67 years of myocardial infarction (MI)Sister, alive and well, age 62 yearsBrother, alive, age 70 years, has coronary artery disease, HTN, type II diabetes mellitus (DM)Patient Past

History:Married for 45 years, two children, alive and well, six grandchildren Cholecystectomy, age 42 yearsHysterectomy, age 48 yearsBlood Pressure Assessments:January 2: 150/92 January 31: 156/94.

- M.P’s blood pressure falls under the Stage 1 classification since it is 140/90.