Kayern, You were right, it was r/t the patient developing a hematoma. Last week I saw the Dr. that gave me the order...turns out it was because they pulled the epi just before the ivc filter...
My patient had signs/symptoms of a PE. He went down for a catskan and it was confirmed the PE was in the right lung. The resident called me with the results and told me to order a stat ptt and ivc...
The scenario is... I have a patient with a double lumen PICC. I know I must stop the IV fluids for 15 minutes before I draw the blood so that the sample is not diluted by the Saline. The Saline is...