acronym: CTB

xtxrn, ASN, RN · Aug 6, 2011

I'm reading an article about hemodynamics. The patient returns CTB. I have googled this and can't find it. I'm sure it's something that will be a 'duh' moment for me.

Was it in reference to a test?

xtxrn, ASN, RN · Aug 6, 2011

Well, this isn't good....

http://www.medilexicon.com/medicalabbreviations.php

tokmom, BSN, RN · Aug 6, 2011

No, this is what is says:

Pt is to be dc'd but stated she did not feel right. Pt had c/p and gen. weakness. labs/ekg were neg.

color pale. VS: 140/70, 88, 16.

Nurse voices concern, but MD says to dc anyway. What would you do?

Next box says this: Pt was dc'd and CTB within a few hours. (hubby says Cease To Breath) works for me. :idea:

Rather leaves me hanging here...

xtxrn, ASN, RN · Aug 6, 2011

Cease to breathe was on the list on that link.....

Bummer :eek:

tokmom, BSN, RN · Aug 6, 2011

Looks like hubby was correct. :yeah: Bad for the hypothetical lady though. It leaves me hanging. Anyone what to venture a guess on why? This is suppose to be interactive and since I'm just reading it by myself, I'll interact here.

xtxrn, ASN, RN · Aug 6, 2011

Looks like hubby was correct. Bad for the hypothetical lady though. It leaves me hanging. Anyone what to venture a guess on why? This is suppose to be interactive and since I'm just reading it by myself, I'll interact here.

You're interacting :) On the bright side, the nurse didn't have to do the code paperwork :eek:

tokmom, BSN, RN · Aug 6, 2011

You're interacting :) On the bright side, the nurse didn't have to do the code paperwork

Nope, and I hope the MD got his hypothetical butt sued.

xtxrn, ASN, RN · Aug 7, 2011

Looks like hubby was correct. Bad for the hypothetical lady though. It leaves me hanging. Anyone what to venture a guess on why? This is suppose to be interactive and since I'm just reading it by myself, I'll interact here.

PE???

They don't always have the SOB, cyanosis, etc..... I drove myself to the hospital (5 miles) thinking I was having a heart attack- yeah, I know- not a good idea for that either!!)....I was pink, no SOB, O2 sats ok on RA, ..... I'd had radiating substernal chest "pain" the night before, took 4 baby aspirin and decided to call the doc if I wasn't better in the morning Well, i wasn't better SO, I had 2 cigarettes (yep :uhoh3: ), washed my hair, and tried to change to the new license plates on my car (had them, just not on)- but THAT did me in...just propped it up in the back window.

I got to the ED- they got me in immediately, found inverted t waves on the 12-lead, and started doing tests. Spiral CT showed multiple clots (acute, subacute, and chronic) in all three lobes of my R lung...Hmmmmm....I wanted to know if I could just run home and grab a few things and then get admitted (ok- so I wasn't thinking clearly:D)....the doc looked at me like I'd just asked to swim to the moon and told me I probably wouldn't live that long. I was there for 17 days waiting for the warfarin to get therapeutic... found a nonspecific hypercoagulopathy.

My regular labs had been ok- it was the d-dimer and scan that clinched it- so if the lady hadn't had the "textbook" symptoms, a PE is still a possibility :)