Description of Event or Problem · 1
IN 2003, THE PT COMPLAINED ABOUT JOINT PAIN OF RIGHT KNEE AND VISITED A HOSPITAL. AT THE HOSPITAL, 6:50 PM, 14ML OF JOINT FLUID WAS DRAINED BY ARTHROCENTESIS. THEY RECEIVED 2ML OF 1% CARBOCAIN (MEPIVACAINE HYDROCHLORIDE) FOR REGIONAL ANESTHESIA, AND THEN THEY RECEIVED 2.5ML OF ARTZ, 2ML OF 1% CARBOCAIN AND 2MG OF "RINDERON" (BETAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE) INTO THEIR RIGHT KNEE JOINT. DURING X-RAY PHOTOS BEING TAKEN AT 7:00PM, EXANTHEMA APPEARED ON THEIR WHOLE BODY. AS THEY COMPLAINED ABOUT DYSPNEA THEIR DOCTOR KEPT PT IN A RECUMBENT POSITION IMMEDIATELY, AND INJECTED "SOLU-CORTEF" (HYDROCORTISONE SODIUM SUCCINATE) 200MG THROUGH BYPASS AND GAVE PT A DRIP OF "SOLU-CORTEF" 200MG, ATTACHING A MONITOR TO PT 2-3 MINUTES LATER, THEIR BLOOD PRESSURE RECOVERED FROM 80MMHG TO 110-120MMHG. AN INHALATION TREATMENT WITH O2 AT 3L/MIN WAS INITIATED BECAUSE THEIR SPO2 DECREASED TO 88%. ALSO THEY TOOK "PREDONINE" (PREDNISOLONE) 10MG AND "EBASTEL" (EBASTINE) 1 TAB. AT 7:20 PM, UNDER AN INHALATION TREATMENT WITH O2 AT 3L/MIN. SPO2 AND BLOOD PRESSURE SHOWED 93% AND 140/66MMHG RESPECTIVELY. AT 8:00 PM, UNDER THE INHALATION TREATMENT WITH O2 AT 3L/MIN, SPO2 AND BLOOD PRESSURE SHOWED 96% AND 135/75MMHG RESPECTIVELY, AND THEIR DYSPNEA IMPROVED. AT 8:45 PM, THE INHALATION TREATMENT WITH O2 WAS DISCONTINUED. UNDER ROOM AIR, SPO2 AND BLOOD PRESSURE SHOWED 95% AND 135/71MMHG RESPECTIVELY. AT 9:00 PM, SPO2, PULSE RATE AND BLOOD PRESSURE SHOWED 96%. 74/MINUTES AND 118/59MMHG RESPECTIVELY. THEIR RESPIRATORY STATE WAS IN GOOD CONDITION. AT 9:15 PM, EXANTHEMA STILL EXISTED OF THEIR WHOLE BODY, BUT THE DOCTOR ALLOWED THEM TO GO HOME BECAUSE THEY IMPROVED FROM DYSPNEA. THE FOLLOWING DAY, THEY RECOVERED FROM EXANTHEMA.