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What To Discuss With Your Patients and Their Caregivers

Patient Discussion: Informed Decisionmaking
To help the patient make an informed decision about adding an ACEI or an ARB, you: A. Tell the patient about the evidence of the benefits and harms for ACEI , or of ARBs if you suspect he is intolerant to ACEI. B. Discuss the evidence in light of the patient’s personal medical history, current lab results, and examination findings. C. Discuss the impact that adding an additional medication would have on the patient’s lifestyle, ensuring that the patient would adhere to the regimen. D. Discuss the cost of the medication and the impact the additional cost might have on the patient, ensuring that the cost of the medication might not impact adherence. E. Discuss the likelihood of benefits and adverse effects, if they are known, and incorporate his personal preferences into weighing the individual benefits and risks when agreeing on a course of action. F. All of the above.
Shared Decisionmaking: Considering Patient Values
In reviewing the decision with the patient to add an ACEI to their standard therapy, you: A. Discuss the likelihood of benefit this medication would have for this patient. B. Discuss the likelihood of adverse events this medication might have for this patient. C. Discuss the impact that adding an additional medication would have on the patient’s lifestyle, ensuring that the patient would adhere to the regimen. D. Discuss the cost of the medication and the impact the additional cost might have on the patient, ensuring that the cost of the medication might not impact adherence. E. All of the above.
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