Question 1

Question

You are the attending physician on duty on an inpatient hospitalist team. A 48-year-old patient with a history of COPD and atrial fibrillation on warfarin is admitted to your service for management of a COPD exacerbation. Four days into her admission, routine daily lab testing shows that patient has an INR of 5. She is complaining of blood in her stool. The bleeding self-resolves and the patient does not require a transfusion. Review of the medical chart shows that the patient's nurse accidentally gave the patient three times the dose of warfarin that was ordered. What is the correct next step?

Accepted Answer

Tell the patient that a mistake was made and explain why it happened

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Do not tell the patient about the mistake as no harm was done

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Do not tell the patient about the mistake because she is likely to sue for malpractice

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Do not tell the patient about the mistake because you did not make the mistake

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Tell the patient that the blood in her stool was likely a side effect of the warfarin

Informed consent — MCQs

Informed consent — MCQs

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