Hi all, I'm just struggling to get my head around the fact the you would give a patient with DKA more glucose in a GIK infusion seeing as there already hyperglycemic. This seems like a contraindiction...
Greetings all, I just had a lecture regarding sepsis and its associates (so to speak) and it was over quite quickly and it left me, I must say rather confused! So I was doing my own research/study and...
Hi all, I seem to be in need of assistance with a particular IV calculation. 0.9% of NACL 1000mls is to be infuse over 10 hours. Apparently the answer is 33.3 but I just can't seem to get there! I...
Hi all, I have confused myself and this is probably a silly question, but i'm currently studying pneumonia and could someone please explain why you would assess the sputum, what would the colour tell...
Hi all, During clinicals whenever clients that i know or have worked with are discharged, i feel quite emotional, i'm really happy for them, but at the same time i think 'i'll never see these people...
Hi all, so currently i'm writing a pathophysiology assignment on pneumonia, and i'm stuck on the four stages of it (Congestion, red hepatisation, grey hepatisation and resolution). In particular how...