The Assignment Analyze the subjective portion of the note. List additional infor

The Assignment
Analyze the subjective portion of the note. List additional information that should be included in the documentation.
Analyze the objective portion of the note. List additional information that should be included in the documentation.
Is the assessment supported by the subjective and objective information? Why or why not?
What diagnostic tests would be appropriate for this case, and how would the results be used to make a diagnosis?
Would you reject/accept the current diagnosis? Why or why not? Identify three possible conditions that may be considered as a differential diagnosis for this patient. Explain your reasoning using at least three different references from current evidence-based literature.
ABDOMINAL ASSESSMENT
Subjective:
CC: “My stomach hurts, I have
diarrhea and nothing seems to help.”
HPI: JR, 47 yo WM, complains
of having generalized abdominal pain that started 3 days ago. He has not
taken any medications because he did not know what to take. He states the
pain is a 5/10 today but has been as much as 9/10 when it first started.
He has been able to eat, with some nausea afterwards.
PMH: HTN, Diabetes, hx of GI
bleed 4 years ago
Medications: Lisinopril
10mg, Amlodipine 5 mg, Metformin 1000mg, Lantus 10 units qhs
Allergies: NKDA
FH: No hx of colon cancer,
Father hx DMT2, HTN, Mother hx HTN, Hyperlipidemia, GERD
Social: Denies tobacco use;
occasional etoh, married, 3 children (1 girl, 2 boys)
Objective:
VS: Temp 99.8; BP 160/86; RR
16; P 92; HT 5’10”; WT 248lbs
Heart: RRR, no murmurs
Lungs: CTA, chest wall
symmetrical
Skin: Intact without
lesions, no urticaria
Abd: soft, hyperactive bowel
sounds, pos pain in the LLQ
Diagnostics: None
Assessment:
Left lower quadrant pain
Gastroenteritis