Patient with hypertension-chronic kidney disease-metabolic

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Your patient is a 72-year-old patient with hypertension, hyperlipidemia, chronic kidney disease, metabolic syndrome, and rheumatoid arthritis. He was admitted to the hospital for community-acquired pneumonia but is now stable and ready for discharge. He works as a stage judge, and he would like to keep working as long as he can. His LDL-C on admission was 174 mg/dL, his 10-year ASCVD risk is 12.5%, and his estimated life expectancy is 15 years. He asks if he has to stay on his statin (atorvastatin 20mg daily). What would you recommend? NOTE: Only one answer is correct. Your patient is a 72-year-old patient with hypertension, hyperlipidemia, chronic kidney disease, metabolic syndrome, and rheumatoid arthritis. He was admitted to the hospital for community-acquired pneumonia but is now stable and ready for discharge. He works as a stage judge, and he would like to keep working as long as he can. His LDL-C on admission was 174 mg/dL, his 10-year ASCVD risk is 12.5%, and his estimated life expectancy is 15 years. He asks if he has to stay on his statin (atorvastatin 20mg daily). What would you recommend?

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