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sarahrain

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  1. clinical case

    As we can see the albumin is only 1.5, the reduction of oncotic pressure may further dry the patient intravascularly. The doctor should consider giving albumin to temporary bring up the level....
  2. Do you prefer 12 hour or 8 hour shifts?

    8 hours. I prefer to have the balanced time distribution for everything in
  3. Arterial line caps

    i don't understand about how the mistake can take place.. about wrongly assumed that the art-line is cvl... the cvl and art-line normally is inserted in different part of the body. example the...
  4. BP cuff or A line

    A-line for major op patient, critical ill pt those who on inotrops (so that we can titrate).. if patients' BP is known to be stable, we would follow
  5. About Prisma Dialysis

    That patient was so sepsis that he had to put back on CVVHDF again. Despite on various antibiotics namely cravit, fortum, cloxa, superazone.. His TWDC was still very high.. As the INR is 4.25 and the...
  6. How to transfuse DIVC regime?

    I was told that the best effect to transfuse DIVC set is to start with cryoprecipitate, followed by platelet then FFP. I couldn't find the reason behind it. Please advice.
  7. We should use new syringes/needle for each time. And not supposed to be kept. That's infection control rules for
  8. confuse and scare.

    It is only two hours late? It's indeed very scary but I tell you it happens anywhere to any new nurses around the world. You are not alone.. Trust me. There are people who makes bigger mistake than...
  9. Nurses Being brought in from another country

    We do have foreign nurses as well. I pity them cos they have to be by their own.. More stressful than the local staff nurses. For me I wouldn't want to go to be an immigrant nurse. but as a volunteer...
  10. High Alert Medications

    Anything that caused GCS down.. Dextrose (increase cerebral edema), all drugs with sedative
  11. About Prisma Dialysis

    Ok, we don't equip any heating device in every bed, probably because Malaysia is hot and humid and the ICU is always regulated in room temperature. Thanks MNC_RN for your info. I just knew about
  12. Are 12 hour shifts safe?

    I got to work 15 hours once or twice in a week depends on the census. It does make me feel tired especially in the evening. And my night offs sometimes were substituted with overtime. Generally, I...
  13. About Prisma Dialysis

    We used the bair hugger. Light? what light? you mean the
  14. About Prisma Dialysis

    No warmer circuit. It is the conventional prisma dialysis machine. We are pretty sure that the hypothermia was due to the dialysis. His temperature picked up to above 36 deg after the completion....
  15. About Prisma Dialysis

    I was taking care of patient who is under CVVHDF. I am new at it and want to share to improve. Thanks. The 57 year old man was initially admitted for DKA, sepsis, chronic renal failure. Was...