Problem: Keno is a 10-year-old who, up until a week ago, was active and participated on two sports teams. Mom and Dad are concerned because he's lost 10 pounds over the last month. He currently weighs 85 pounds. A stat A1C showed 10.8% and c-peptide <0.05. The patient has type 1 diabetes mellitus.
Pediatric providers: He has no critical symptoms of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), so you will treat him outpatient at this time, with strict instructions for Mom and Dad. His urinalysis shows both mild ketones and +3 glucose. The POCT fingerstick in the office was 350.
Questions to Answer
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1. What medication did you choose and why was it the best choice? What was the mechanism of action that made it a good choice for the patient? Provide a rationale that includes the guidelines you followed. Make sure your medication is written in prescription format.
2. Discuss specific patient education based on the prescribed therapy. Give 5-10 individual items that you are going to explain to the patient about the medication, goal of therapy, common side effects, lifestyle modifications, and any other pertinent patient related medication education.
3. List a minimum of two MAJOR adverse reactions for the selected agent that would cause you to change therapy. Need Assignment Help?
4. Describe three MAJOR drug-drug or drug-food interactions for the selected agent.