A 75-year-old man experiencing rest pain and diagnosed with stenosis of his external iliac artery is...
A 75-year-old man experiencing rest pain and diagnosed with stenosis of his external iliac artery is scheduled for an angiogram and endovascular management. He is prescribed dabigatran for atrial fibrillation and has a serum creatinine of 2.0 mg/dL•
Identify a nursing diagnosis and a rationale for the nursing diagnosis based on the needs of this patient..
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Nursing diagnosis - Risk for severe hemorrhage related to anticoagulant dabigartran .
Rationale - in this case patient is having stenosis and he is scheduled for angiogram . Patient is taking dabigartran for atril fibrillation because in atrial fibrillation development of clots occur for which anticoagulant is given . Now the patient is scheduled for the procedure angiogram . His anticoagulant should be stopped a day before surgery otherwise he will have severe hemorrhage .
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