CASE STUDY: Ms. Lewis, a 24-year-old woman is experiencing shortness of breath and loss of appetite. Physical exam reveals an S3 heart sound, crackles in the lungs, hypoxia, elevated blood pressure (180/100) and edema. She recently experienced an acute muscle injury. She reports self-medicating with 8 Ibprofen tablets per day for pain for 14 days. Clinical labs reveal acidosis, elevated potassium, white blood cell count of 6 X 103 per milliliter, hematocrit of 33%, blood urea nitrogen level of 36 mg per dL, and a creatinine level of 2.5 mg/dL, with a creatinine clearance of 70 mL. 1. Identify the probable diagnosis? Be sure to indicate the critical information leading to the diagnosis? Include findings from the clinical lab tests that require treatment.
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