Sunday, September 28, 2025

CIWA/ OUD Patient

Progress Note

Patient X

55-year-old male
PMHx: Alcohol use disorder (AUD), opioid use disorder (OUD), cocaine use disorder, hyperlipidemia (HLD), COPD, major depressive disorder (MDD), prior COVID

Presentation: Progressive dyspnea over 2–3 months with lower extremity edema, concerning for CHF.

Follow-up TTE: Normal LV function, EF 65%, mild diastolic dysfunction.

Status:

  • Room air

  • Independent mobility

  • On C. diff isolation

  • Telemetry: NSR/NST

Plan

# Alcohol use disorder / Opioid use disorder / Cocaine use

  • Addiction medicine following, appreciate input

  • Patient currently on CIWA with scheduled and PRN benzodiazepines

  • Continue scheduled and PRN benzos

  • Continue thiamine and folate

  • PRN hydroxyzine and clonidine

  • Melatonin for sleep

  • Plan for IM naltrexone on discharge

  • Ongoing monitoring

# Dyspnea, resolved / Lower extremity edema

  • Likely multifactorial, partly due to hypoalbuminemia

  • TTE: normal LV function, EF 65%, mild diastolic dysfunction

  • Continue monitoring

# Hypokalemia

  • K today: 3.1

  • Potassium replaced

  • Will monitor response and repeat BMP

# COPD

  • Continue DuoNeb

Labs / Electrolyte Abnormalities

  • Hypokalemia (K 3.1, replaced)

  • Hypercalcemia

  • Hyponatremia

  • Thrombocytopenia

Comorbidities on Admission

  • AUD, OUD, cocaine use disorder

  • COPD

  • HLD

  • MDD

  • PMH COVID


Secondary Diagnoses During Hospitalization

  • Hypokalemia

  • Hypercalcemia

  • Hyponatremia

  • Thrombocytopenia


Orders

Diet: Regular
VTE PPx: Enoxaparin 40 mg q12h


Medications:

  • Thiamine 100 mg daily

  • Folic acid 1 mg daily

  • Famotidine 20 mg daily

  • Enoxaparin 40 mg q12h

  • Escitalopram (Lexapro) 5 mg daily

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