Please interprete tests results given( for example say whether blood pressure is normal ,weight, if height is normal etc.)and also give a diagnosis , explaination and treatment for the case below . I got this case study for the topic metabolic and endocrine importance of the skeletal muscle so please give a diagnosis relating to this topic if there is one . 75-year-old male farmer operated on for intra-articular fracture of the right hip 15 days ago with no apparent postoperative pain, who came for consultation for revision and wound healing. He lives alone with history: occasional smoker, hypercholesterolemia, hypertension and AMI 4 years ago; treatment: Pitavastatin, enalapril, adiro, tamsulosin and enoxaparin. The treating physician notes a pessimistic, gloomy attitude with much sadness and a considerable drop in body weight accompanied by alterations in the senses of taste and smell, the latter symptoms manifested by the gentleman, in addition, the son states that he is eating little and now has a sedentary lifestyle, before he used to walk at least 1 hour on the farm and despite the recommendation of early ambulation suggested after the intervention, he does not do it. Assessment: Height 1.75m, 56kg, BP 128/86, CR 95, partial dependence for basic activities (Barthel 80), intellectual functions preserved and SPPB (Short-Physical-Performance-Battery) slightly altered(explain why)
Please interprete tests results given( for example say whether blood pressure is normal ,weight, if height is normal etc.)and also give a diagnosis , explaination and treatment for the case below . I got this case study for the topic
75-year-old male farmer operated on for intra-articular fracture of the right hip 15 days ago with no apparent postoperative pain, who came for consultation for revision and wound healing. He lives alone with history: occasional smoker, hypercholesterolemia, hypertension and AMI 4 years ago; treatment: Pitavastatin, enalapril, adiro, tamsulosin and enoxaparin.
The treating physician notes a pessimistic, gloomy attitude with much sadness and a considerable drop in body weight accompanied by alterations in the senses of taste and smell, the latter symptoms manifested by the gentleman, in addition, the son states that he is eating little and now has a sedentary lifestyle, before he used to walk at least 1 hour on the farm and despite the recommendation of early ambulation suggested after the intervention, he does not do it.
Assessment: Height 1.75m, 56kg, BP 128/86, CR 95, partial dependence for basic activities (Barthel 80), intellectual functions preserved and SPPB (Short-Physical-Performance-Battery) slightly altered(explain why)
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