hippal01

hippal01 has 6 years experience and specializes in Critical Care and Telemetry, Geri Psych.

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1. help! Besides insulin, why is potassium given to lower blood glucose?

   hippal01 replied to azzurra29's topic in Med-Surg

   while the opposite of the question, i have seen insulin giving to successfully lower high potassium very quickly: 15 units of regular insulin with 50 ml d50 to keep from lowering the blood sugar too much. see vanden hoek, tl; morrison, lj, shuster,...