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What lab tests should be requested for the following patient and please explain why!!
What lab tests should be requested for the following patient and
please explain why!!
Case Study 7: Reginald Baxter. 22nd January 2015: Mr Reginald (Reg) Baxter, date of birth 12/4/1940, is an ex- miner who has been unemployed since 1992 and now retired. He is married with 4 children (3 females and 1 male). He attends his G.P with some concerns he has over his general health. He reports that he has suffered from diarrhoea and lower back pain for the last week, the back pain of which is getting worse. He tells the GP that he feels tired and lethargic and has done so for several months. Physical examination and questioning reveals the following:- Drinks 20 units of alcohol/week Smokes 10 - 15 cigarettes a day Height 1.80 metres (5' 9") Weight 95 kg (15 stones) BP = 160/109 mm Hg = Pulse 82 bpm Since his wife died, in 2008, he has lived on ready meals and take-away food, but eats vegetarian food (which he refers to as 'rabbit food') at his daughter's, on the first Sunday in the month.
please explain why!!
Case Study 7: Reginald Baxter. 22nd January 2015: Mr Reginald (Reg) Baxter, date of birth 12/4/1940, is an ex- miner who has been unemployed since 1992 and now retired. He is married with 4 children (3 females and 1 male). He attends his G.P with some concerns he has over his general health. He reports that he has suffered from diarrhoea and lower back pain for the last week, the back pain of which is getting worse. He tells the GP that he feels tired and lethargic and has done so for several months. Physical examination and questioning reveals the following:- Drinks 20 units of alcohol/week Smokes 10 - 15 cigarettes a day Height 1.80 metres (5' 9") Weight 95 kg (15 stones) BP = 160/109 mm Hg = Pulse 82 bpm Since his wife died, in 2008, he has lived on ready meals and take-away food, but eats vegetarian food (which he refers to as 'rabbit food') at his daughter's, on the first Sunday in the month.