Case study

• Pick one critical illness that you will likely see in the acute care setting.
• Provide a brief overview of the pathophysiology of this condition.
• Discuss common signs and symptoms and consider unique presentation of this condition.
• Discuss how this condition is ultimately diagnosed.
• Discuss how the patient will be managed in the emergency department (Consider initial lab tests, medications, imaging, etc).
• Discuss criteria for considering admission to the intensive care unit.
• Discuss management strategies for intensive monitoring of this condition.
• Discuss discharge planning for this scenario and consider when the patient is stable enough to step down from the critical care unit and then discharged home, to a skilled nursing facility, rehabilitation or other outpatient center.
• Should include a minimum of three peer-reviewed references from scholarly articles no more than 5 years old. This does not include your textbook or websites.
• Should also include one national guideline.