A 55 yr old male,K/c/o CKD with HTN with COPD

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I have been given this case to solve in an attempt to understand the topic of " patient clinical data analysis" to develop my competency in reading and comprehending clinical data including history, clinical findings, investigations and come up with diagnosis and treatment plan.

A 55 yr old male patient came with C/o:
-Fever with chills since 10 days(post dialysis) 
-Came for central line replacement

HOPI:
Patient was apparently asymptomatic 3 months back, then he developed SOB,fever and cough. 
-SOB (grade-3) insidious in onset, progressive in nature 
-Fever 
-Cough(dry in nature) 
He went to the hospital with above complaints and was diagnosed with HTN(prescribed with Tab nicardia 10mg/BD, Tab arkamine), AKI on CKD( started HD)and COPD(started on Ipratropium bromide inhalers) 

No h/o TB, epilepsy, Lymphadenopathy
No h/o NSAID abuse 

Personal history:
  Alcohol abuser since 15yrs/daily 180ml
  Beedi since 15yrs/10 per day

O/E:
CVS-S1S2+
RS-BAE+
Abdomen- soft, non tender, bowel sounds heard
CNS- NAD

On general examination:

Clinical images :

palor - yes
No - clubbing, lymphadenopathy, odema, cyanosis
Temp- afebrile 
Bp-130/80mmhg
Pr-86bpm

Dialysis history:
   Total-27
   In our hospital-2
   Remaining-in miryalguda
   HD frequency-2-3times/week

Investigations done 3 months ago(in October) 
TLC-17000
Creat-9. 8
Urea-139
Bi carb-8. 2
PH-7. 32
Pus cells-(3-6) 
Albumin (+) 
K/c/o grade-2 RPD

Investigations done on 4/1/22:
Urea-200
Creat-9. 9
Uric acid -9. 6
Phosphorus-6. 5
Hb-6. 4gm/dl
PCV-19. 3
MCV-79. 1
MCH-26. 2
RBC-2. 44

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