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Patricia Doyle Care Plan for Systemic Lupus ErythematosusCare Plan for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus 1. Patient status- Patricia Doyle is clinically sick but does not require emergency department management because she does not have severe thrombocytopenia or rapid progress of glomerulonephritis (Yi...

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Patricia Doyle Care Plan
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Care Plan for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

1. Patient status- Patricia Doyle is clinically sick but does not require emergency department

management because she does not have severe thrombocytopenia or rapid progress of

glomerulonephritis (Yildirim-Toruner & Diamond, 2011). However, she requires prompt

treatment to avoid serious complications such as systemic vasculitis, severe neurological

impairment, diffuse alveolar hemorrhage, profound thrombocytopenia and a rapidly progressive

glomerulonephritis (Bartels, 2013).

2. Nursing Interventions

The treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus is highly dependent on disease severity

and the presenting signs and symptoms (Askanase, Shum, & Mitnick, 2012). Nonetheless, the

mainstay drug for managing SLE on a long-term basis is hydroxychloroquine although it gets

preserved for severe manifestations of the disease (Ahmadpoor, P.; Dalili, N.; Rostami, 2014).

Mild and moderate forms of SLE get managed by the use of low-potency immunosuppression

agents, NSAIDs or a short course of corticosteroids. Involvement of the vital organs such as the

central nervous system and kidney is considered severe forms of the SLE (Bertsias George et al.,

2012). Therefore, Patricia Doyle is suffering from severe SLE due to the presence of proteinuria,

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