ICU issues

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Specializes in OR.

What are some issues you experience in the ICU that occur frequently (for example forgetting to get the hourly urine) that you wish could be easier/simplified?

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Not an issue, but I wish there was a way to get the 1-hr blood glucose levels without sticking the patient q hour.

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Specializes in ACNP-BC, Adult Critical Care, Cardiology.
HiddenAngels said:

Not an issue, but I wish there was a way to get the 1-hr blood glucose levels without sticking the patient q hour.

agree...we have patients who already have CGM (like the Freestyle Libre) and we still do POCT glucose on them.

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Specializes in OR.

Are you not able to draw from an A-line?  Or do they not have an a-line....

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Norfin said:

Are you not able to draw from an A-line?  Or do they not have an a-line....

No, most DKA's we get don't need an A-line.

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Corey Narry said:

agree...we have patients who already have CGM (like the Freestyle Libre) and we still do POCT glucose on them.

LOL, for those patients, we don't even use their numbers, their results from the freestyle are sometimes 30-40mg/dL off from ours.

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