Case Study Report Part A:Co-morbidities

Luigi is a 77 year old Italian man who has lived in" rel="nofollow">in Australia for 40 years. He lives with his wife and son, who was born in" rel="nofollow">in Australia and attends university. Luigi speaks English well as he worked as an accountant for many years before his retirement. His wife who is also Italian has limited English as she has stayed at home carin" rel="nofollow">ing for her husband and her son for most of her married life, thus Luigi does most of the shoppin" rel="nofollow">ing, pays bills etc. Luigi’s health has declin" rel="nofollow">ined over the last 15 years with a history of poorly controlled type 2 diabetes for which he takes metformin" rel="nofollow">in 500mg BD. He is overweight, does not pay much attention to his blood sugar levels or his diet and leads a relatively sedentary lifestyle. Lately Luigi notices his ankles are swellin" rel="nofollow">ing and his vision is blurrin" rel="nofollow">ing. After a visit to the GP it is noticed his blood pressure is elevated and he has protein" rel="nofollow">in and glucose in" rel="nofollow">in his urin" rel="nofollow">ine. This leads to further in" rel="nofollow">investigations where Luigi is diagnosed with chronic renal failure. Task The written assessment tasks for this subject require you to submit a Case Study Report in" rel="nofollow">in which you explore the potential impact of chronic and complex conditions on the patient. In addition to a brief in" rel="nofollow">introduction and conclusion, PART A of your report should in" rel="nofollow">include: A discussion of the pathophysiology and related clin" rel="nofollow">inical manifestations of EACH diagnosed chronic illness that the patient is presentin" rel="nofollow">ing with in" rel="nofollow">in the case study A discussion of the chronicity and complexity of the patient's condition, in" rel="nofollow">includin" rel="nofollow">ing the identification of two (2) possible in" rel="nofollow">interactions between the patient's co-morbidities and a discussion of how these conditions will impact the patient and her family. You will need to consider the pathophysiology, clin" rel="nofollow">inical manifestations and the medication the patient is takin" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">in this part of the report. Your report must adhere to academic writin" rel="nofollow">ing conventions. Sub-headin" rel="nofollow">ings may be used, but dot poin" rel="nofollow">ints and tables should not be in" rel="nofollow">included in" rel="nofollow">in this part of the assessment item. You should support your discussion with a MINIMUM 10 recent (less than 7 years old) and credible sources. Credible sources in" rel="nofollow">include, peer reviewed journal articles, text-books, evidence summaries, best practice guidelin" rel="nofollow">ines, government documents, health facility clin" rel="nofollow">inical guidelin" rel="nofollow">ines and policies/procedures and websites contain" rel="nofollow">inin" rel="nofollow">ing content aimed at health professionals. Please note that lecture slides will not be considered to be credible sources for this assessment task. Markin" rel="nofollow">ing Criteria 1. Discusses the Pathophysiology of Chronic and Complex Conditions and their Related Clin" rel="nofollow">inical Manifestations (25 marks) 2.Explain" rel="nofollow">ins the Concepts of Co-morbidity, Chronicity and Complexity (15 marks) 3. Discusses the Impact of Chronic and Complex Conditions on the Patient (30 marks) two ways in" rel="nofollow">in which the conditions may impact on each other and the possible effects of the conditions on the patient in" rel="nofollow">in the case study,