Mr. Garcia may be at risk for metabolic syndrome. What is this? Does he have any laboratory values that would support this diagnosis?
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• Metabolic syndrome - constellation of metabolic risk factors that include abdominal obesity, insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, hypertension, and prothrombotic state
• Metabolic syndrome criteria that Mr. Garcia meets (3 needed for diagnosis):
- Possible abdominal obesity (> 40 in or 102 cm) as indicated by the nursing assessment (rounded, obese abdomen)
- Triglycerides > 150 mg/dL (220 mg/dL)
- HDL < 40 mg/dL (30 mg/dL)
- Blood pressure ≥ 130/≥85 mmHg (140/99)
- Insulin resistance; FBG ≥ 100 mg/dL (136 mg/dL)
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