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1. antihypertensive advice.

   nextdoorguy replied to nextdoorguy's topic in Medications

   His bp dropped to 90/60 then to 80/40. Dr discontinued the meds that night. He said it could be an underlying infection

2. antihypertensive advice.

   nextdoorguy replied to nextdoorguy's topic in Medications

   I think the parameter was hold if dbp is less than 100 but i think the dr was referring to th sbp not dbp. I clarified that with a senior. Weeping angel we are ont he same page. I give it when it's normal. As long as it is not low.

3. antihypertensive advice.

   nextdoorguy posted a topic in Medications

   So we have this patient who happens to be on micardis 40 mg. He usually takes it in the morning. So what happened was his bp was around 90/60. But when we checked later that morning his bp was 110-120/70. So we gave him his meds. Later that night he ...

4. blood transfusion

   nextdoorguy replied to nextdoorguy's topic in General Nursing

   thanks for that, an elderly patient did not react. there was no fever no nada. thanks you helped me have peace of mind:)

5. blood transfusion

   nextdoorguy replied to nextdoorguy's topic in General Nursing

   this is my dilemma

6. blood transfusion

   nextdoorguy replied to nextdoorguy's topic in General Nursing

   there was a time when we asked questions and it was a nice discussion of opinion. now it's all is this an assignment??

7. blood transfusion

   nextdoorguy replied to nextdoorguy's topic in General Nursing

   sorry for the late reply. this isnt an assignment. it happened here in my workplace, this homecare center in india. the order was to transfuse leukodepleted blood to this old guy who has been in our unit for quite some time. the blood unit was divide...

8. blood transfusion

   nextdoorguy posted a topic in General Nursing

   when do you use leukodepleted blood versus untreated blood? what is the difference and what are technology risk? For example, in patients with anemia or for OR?