barbie71

barbie71 specializes in surg, gu, gi iv.

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1. Question about drugs used for endoscopy

   barbie71 replied to AmericanChai's topic in Gastroenterology

   Hi, It s not unusual for us to give that much versed and more especially in young anxious pts. We are using MAC now more and more with anesthesiologists giving propafol . It works much quicker and pts wake up much quicker without the hangover effect....

2. picc line criteria

   barbie71 posted a topic in Infusion

   Hi, We started a new picc program at our hospital. I need to know what the criteria is regarding pt.s on Plavix, coumadin, asa, with elevated pt,inr, or ptt. We don t like to do picc's on pt's with >1.7 inr. Are there any guidelines we can go by?...