CASE OF A 60/M CVA WITH RIGHT SIDED HEMIPARESIS 2° TO HYPERTENSIVE BLEED


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CASE :

A 60 year old man, carpenter by occupation  came to the casuality with 

 CHIEF COMPLAINTS
Loss of speech since morning

HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS :
Patient was apparently asymptomatic 3 years ago 

3 years back, where he attended a family function and had an binge of alcohol consumption, after a few hrs of consumption, he suddenly developed deviation of angle of mouth towards left side, for which the attenders took him to a local hospital .He was treated conservatively (? Medication unknown) and adviced to use those medications for 1 week.After a week ,his deviation of mouth was resolved.There in the hospital he was diagnosed of having a renal problem ,as B/L pedal edma (pitting type) extending up to knee and facial puffiness was found to be present on examination.He was diagnosed of having HTN and was adviced to use antihypertensives.His creatinine & blood urea were found to be elevated .He was given lasixs and sodium bicarbonate (OD). From then he used to have similar episodes of  B/L pedal edema (3-4 episodes till now) and facial puffiness which used to get resolved after using medications since 3 years.Since then he quitted his daily routine work and was restricted to home. 

Similar episode occured after 1 year with weakness of right upper and lower limb along with deviation of angle of mouth towards left.He again was taken to a local hospital where conservative management was done .He was adviced to use those medications ( Ecospirin, atorvastatin and clopidogrel ) and daily physiotherapy exercises of right UL and LL .He stayed there for 10 days and got discharged.since then patient started using walking aids. 

6 months back he had complaints of pain in the neck and around occipital region ,for which they went to hospital and medications were given (?  NSAIDS). pain subsided in 5 days 

Yesterday night after having dinner, 30 mins later he complained of having pain in throat and went to sleep.Today morning while he woke up he lost his speech and was unresponsive.He is conscious and oriented to time ,place and person during the episode.In view of this,he was taken to hospital where his BP was found be 220/120 (medication given) and a MDCT brain was done showing 26 x 56 mm acute hemorrhage in the right lentiform nucleus.He was then referred to kims 

TIMELINE OF EVENTS


PAST HISTORY :
He was a k/c/o Type 2 DM 5 years back (diagnosed on routine health check up) 
and HTN since 3 years and was on regular medication since then 
HTN (Tab Clinidipine 10 mg,tab metoprolol and tab clonidine )
DM2 ( tab gliclazide 40 mg OD)

K/C/O CVA (3 yrs back)

5 years back he was operated for ?  lipoma (over the back of left scapular region)

Not a k/c/o  TB,CAD, Asthama ,thyroid and epilesy 

PERSONAL HISTORY :
Mixed diet 
Sleep adequate 
Appetite normal 
Bowel and bladder movements regular 
He was a known alcoholic since 30 years.Drinks regularly 90 ml whisky.Quitted drinking 3 years back

VITALS :
GCS : E4V1M5 
Temp: Afebrile 
PR: 88 bpm  
BP: 200/100 mm hg 
RR: 14 cpm  
Spo2 - 98% at RA  
GRBS - 150 mg/dl

GENERAL EXAMINATION :
Patient is conscious, coherent and cooperative  
Moderately built and moderately nourished  
PALLOR +
No icterus,clubbing,cyanosis,koilonychia, edema and lymphadenopathy 
 

SYSTEMIC EXAMINATION
CVS : 
Inspection:
Chest wall is bilaterally symmetrical. 
No precordial bulge 
Palpation:
JVP - normal 
Apex beat - felt in the left 5th intercostal space in the mid clavicular line. 
Auscultation:
S1, S2 heard , No murmurs 

RS :
Position of trachea: central 
Bilateral air entry + 
NVBS heard 

PER ABDOMEN :
Soft, non distended and non tender 
No organomegaly 
Bowel sounds heard
No palpable mass or fluid present 

CNS :
Patient is Conscious  
1. Higher mental functions
a) Appearance & behaviour - moderately built , oriented to time,place and person
b) Level of consciousness - conscious
c) Speech & language - No response
c) Cognitive functions - oriented to time,place and person
- MMSE : not elicited

2. Cranial nerves
1. Olfactory : Not elicited
2. Optic : visual acuity,Visual field,colour vision,reflexes : not elicited
3. Occulomotor, trochlear & abducent : 
Pupils are reactive and normal
No ptosis & nystagmus
4. Trigeminal : 
Sensory - not elicited
Motor - not elicited
Corneal reflex - present
Conjuctival reflex - present
7. Facial nerve : 
Motor: nasolabial folds present on both sides, 
deviation of angle of mouth to the left side
Sensory: taste not elicited
Secretomotor moistness of eye and tongue normal, buccal mucosa normal
8. Vestibulocochlear - Rinnes & weber not elicited
9. Glossopharyngeal & Vagus : Gag not elicited, uvula was centrally placed
11. Spinal accessory :
 Trapezieus not elicited
Sternocleidomastoid not elicited
12. Hypoglossal : no deviation of tongue, no wasting, no fibrillations

3.Motor system :
- Attitude & position : patient in supine position with right lower leg externally rotated 
- Bulk : normal , no wasting
- TONE:  
           Rt                       Lt 
UL       N                      N 
LL       hypertonia      hypertonia 

- POWER: 
         Rt         Lt 
UL     4/5      4/5 
LL     3+/5      +3/5 

- REFLEXES : 
•Superficial      Rt       Lt 
Corneal  :         +2      +2 
Conjunctival :  +2      +2 
Abdominal :     +2      +2         

• Deep             Rt        Lt 
Biceps  :          +3        +2 
Triceps :          +3        +2 
Supinator :     +        Absent 
Knee jerk :      +3       +3 
Ankle jerk :      +3       +3 
Plantar :     flexor        flexor 
4. Sensory system -
Superficial -fine touch,temperature,pain -present over all the four limbs
Deep-position ,vibration,crude touch,stereognosis, 2 point discrimination - present
5. Cerebellum
Titubation - absent
Nystagmus- absent
Intentional tremors - absent
Pendular knee jerk - absent 
Coordination tests :
Finger nose test - present
Finger finger test - incoordination
Knee heel test - present
Romberg test - not elicited
Gait - not elicited
6. No meningeal signs

INVESTIGATIONS :

4/09/21 (outside the hsptl)
Hemogram
Hb: 9.4 gm/dL 
TLC: 11,500 cells/cu mm 
Neutrophils: 73%% 
Lymphocytes: 19 %
Eosinophils - 6%
Monocytes - 2%
Basophils - 0% 
PCV - 28.2 vol %  
RBC: 3.1 millions/cu mm 
Platelets: 1.95 lakh cells/cu mm

RFT :
Serum creatinine: 6.9 mg/dl 
Urea - 98.4 mg/dl 
Serum uric acid - 12
Sr.calcium - 8.0 mg/dl
Sodium - 131 meq/l 
K+ - 3.4 meq/l 
Cl- 97 meq/l

RBS - 139 mg/dl

MDCT  SCAN OF BRAIN (plain)
- 26 x 15 mm acute hemorrhage in right lentiform nucleus
- Features suggestive of hypertensive hemorrhage
- Old infarcts in left lentiform nucleus and corona radiata

5/09/2021
Hemogram :
Hb:  9.5 gm/dL 
TLC:  10,400 cells/cu mm 
Neutrophils: 67% 
Lymphocytes: 30 % 
PCV - 24.2 vol % 
MCV - 84.7 fl 
MCHC - 33.7% 
MCH - 28.5 pg 
RBC: 3.3 millions/cu mm 
Platelets: 2.03 lakh cells/cu mm 

CUE :
Albumin: ++ 
Sugars: nil 
PC: 3-6 
EC: 2-3 
RBC: nil 

RFT :
Serum creatinine: 6.6 mg/dl 
Urea - 142 mg/dl 
Sodium  - 139 meq/l 
K+ - 4.1 meq/l 
Cl-  105 meq/l 
LFT :
Total bilirubin: 1.03 mg/dl 
Direct bilirubin: 0.23 mg/dl 
SGOT: 10 IU/l 
SGPT: 10 IU/l 
ALP: 162 IU/l 
Total protein: 5.9 gm/dl 
Albumin: 3.3 gm/dl 
A/G: 1.30 

RBS - 107 mg/dl 
FBS - 105 mg/dl 
HBA1C - 6.4%
PPBS - 81 mg /dl
CXR-PA view
ECG

2D ECHO

OPTHALMOLOGY REFERRAL 

6/09/21
 Serum creatinine

7/09/21
USG abdomen & pelvis

8/09/21

RFT
Sr creatinine - 7.5 mg/dl
Urea - 203 mg/dl
Na - 140 meq/l
K - 5.0 meq/l
Cl-103 meq/l

Nephrology referral

9/09/2021
Urinary electrolytes
Na - 190
K  - 27.0

PROVISIONAL DIAGNOSIS :

CVA with right sided hemiparesis secondary to hypertensive bleed 
With ?  CKD 
K/C/O type 2 DM since 5 years & HTN since 3 years

BP TRENDS

FEVER CHARTING

TREATMENT :

DAY O
Ryles tybe inserted
1.RT feeds 
100 ml plain water 1 hourly
200 ml milk with protein powder 2nd hourly
2. Inj pantop 40 mg IV/OD
3. Inj optineuron 1 amp in 100 ml NS slow IV/OD
4. Inj zofer iv/sos
5. Inj mannitol 100ml /IV/TID
6. Tab clinidipine 10 mg PO/BD
7. Inj HAI s/c TID
( 8am...4pm...8pm)
8. GRBS charting 4th hourly
9. B.P/PR/Temp monitoring 4th hourly
10. I/O charting

DAY 1
Vitals :
Afebrile
Bp- 200/100 mm hg
PR - 94 bpm
RR - 15 cpm
SPO2-97% at RA
GRBS - 148 mg/dl

1.RT feeds
100 ml plain water 1 hourly
200 ml milk with protein powder 2nd hourly
2.Inj optineuron 1 amp in 100 ml NS slow IV/OD
3. Inj mannitol 100ml /IV/TID
4.Tab clinidipine 10 mg PO/BD
5.Tab Arkamin 0.1 mg PO/TID
6.Tab Prazosin 5 mg PO/BD
7.Tab MET-XL 50 mg PO/OD
8.Tab Levipil 500 mg PO/BD
9.Tab pan 40 mg Po/OD
10.Inj HAI s/c TID
( 8am...4pm...8pmm..2am)
11. GRBS charting 6th hourly
12. B.P onitoring 4th hourly
13. I/O charting
14. Tab Nodosis 500 mg PO/BD
15. Physiotherapy of right UL and LL

DAY 2
SOAP NOTES :

SUBJECTIVE 
Slurring of speech +
New complaint:
Pain in the left loin

OBJECTIVE
Temperature : Afebrile
Bp- 150/80 mm hg
PR - 90 bpm
RR - 15 cpm
SPO2- 98% at RA
GRBS - 97 mg/dl

ASSESSMENT:
CVA with right sided hemiparesis secondary to hypertensive bleed 
? CKD 
K/C/O type 2 DM since 5 years & HTN since 3 years

PLAN OF CARE:
1.RT feeds
100 ml plain water 1 hourly
200 ml milk with protein powder 2nd hourly
2. Inj optineuron 1 amp in 100 ml NS slow IV/OD
3. Inj mannitol 100ml /IV/TID
4.Tab clinidipine 10 mg PO/BD
5.Tab Arkamin 0.1 mg PO/TID
6.Tab Prazosin 5 mg PO/BD
7.Tab MET-XL 50 mg PO/OD
8.Tab pan 40 mg Po/OD
9.Inj HAI s/c TID
( 8am...4pm...8pmm..2am)
10. GRBS charting 6th hourly
11. B.P onitoring 4th hourly
12. I/O charting
13. Tab Nodosis 500 mg PO/BD
14. Physiotherapy of right UL and LL

DAY 3
SOAP NOTES :

SUBJECTIVE 
Slurring of speech +
New complaint:
Pain in the left loin

OBJECTIVE
Temperature : Afebrile
Bp- 140/80 mm hg
PR - 88 bpm
RR - 15 cpm
SPO2- 98% at RA
GRBS - 100 mg/dl

ASSESSMENT:
CVA with right sided hemiparesis secondary to hypertensive bleed 
? CKD 
K/C/O  CVA & DM2 since 5 years & HTN since 3 years

PLAN OF CARE:
1.RT feeds
100 ml plain water 1 hourly
200 ml milk with protein powder 2nd hourly
2. Inj optineuron 1 amp in 100 ml NS slow IV/OD
3. Inj mannitol 100ml /IV/BD
4.Tab clinidipine 10 mg PO/BD
5.Tab Arkamin 0.1 mg PO/TID
6.Tab Prazosin 5 mg PO/BD
7.Tab MET-XL 50 mg PO/OD
8.Tab pan 40 mg Po/OD
9.Inj HAI s/c TID
( 8am...4pm...8pmm..2am)
10. GRBS charting 6th hourly
11. B.P onitoring 4th hourly
12. I/O charting
13. Tab Nodosis 500 mg PO/BD
14. Physiotherapy of right UL and LL

DAY 4
SOAP NOTES : 
SUBJECTIVE
Slurring of speech +
Left loin pain decreased

OBJECTIVE
Temperature : Afebrile
Bp -  150/100 mm hg
PR - 82  bpm
RR - 16 cpm
SPO2- 98% at RA
GRBS - 72  mg/dl

ASSESSMENT:
CVA with right sided hemiparesis secondary to hypertensive bleed
? CKD 
K/C/O  CVA & DM2 since 5 years & HTN since 3 years
Chronic alcoholic since 30 years

PLAN OF CARE:
1.RT feeds
100 ml plain water 1 hourly
200 ml milk with protein powder 2nd hourly
2. Inj optineuron 1 amp in 100 ml NS slow IV/OD
3.Tab clinidipine 10 mg PO/BD
     1 -----x----- 1
4.Tab Arkamin 0.1 mg PO/TID
     1 -----1 ----- 1
5.Tab Prazosin 5 mg PO/BD
      1 .....x..... 1
6.Tab MET-XL 50 mg PO/OD
     x --- 2pm ---x
7.Tab pan 40 mg Po/OD
8.Inj HAI s/c TID
( 8am...4pm...8pm..2am)
9.Tab ultracet 1/2 tab QID
10. GRBS charting 6th hourly
11. B.P monitoring 4th hourly
12. I/O charting
13.Physiotherapy of right UL&LL 

DAY 5
SOAP NOTES :
SUBJECTIVE
Slurring of speech +
Left loin pain (resolved)

OBJECTIVE
Temperature : Afebrile
Bp -  150/90 mm hg
PR - 84  bpm
RR - 16 cpm
SPO2- 98% at RA
GRBS - 81 mg/dl

ASSESSMENT:
CVA with right sided hemiparesis secondary to hypertensive bleed
? CKD 
K/C/O  CVA & DM2 since 5 years & HTN since 3 years
Chronic alcoholic since 30 years

PLAN OF CARE:
1.RT feeds
100 ml plain water 1 hourly
200 ml milk with protein powder 2nd hourly
2. Inj optineuron 1 amp in 100 ml NS slow IV/OD
3.Tab clinidipine 10 mg PO/BD
     1 -----x----- 1
4.Tab Arkamin 0.1 mg PO/OD
     1 -----x ----- x
5.Tab MET-XL 50 mg PO/OD
     x --- 2pm ---x
6.Tab lasix 40 Mg PO/BD
7.Tab pan 40 mg PO/OD
8.Inj HAI s/c TID
( 8am...4pm...8pm..2am)
9.Tab ultracet 1/2 tab QID
10. GRBS charting 6th hourly
11. B.P monitoring 4th hourly
12. I/O charting
13. Physiotherapy of right UL and LL 

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