Thyroidectomy Case Summary

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Patient is an 88-year old white female. She was admitted to Friendship Village on 01/26/18. She is currently being treated for acute kidney injury (AKI), Coronary artery disease (CAD), and high blood pressure (HTN). The patient has a history of appendectomy, bunionectomy, hysterectomy, thyroidectomy. She was sent from Banner Desert Medical Center patient arrived by the EMS patient was unresponsive on the couch her husband found her, her husband attempted CPR. Patient mentioned having heart attacks in the past and injuring herself prior to coming to Friendship village that resulted in getting two pins put in her hips and having teeth knocked out of her mouth but this time when she had her recent heart attack she said was told her condition is

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