Test or no test

[militarymd]

So...on my other thread...which has strayed a little off the initial discussion..

Test or no tests.

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[VentdependenT]

I still want a fargen accucheck though.

 

[militarymd]

I still want a fargen accucheck though.

ok you get that.......it's not really a "test" though.

 

[jetproppilot]

I still want a fargen accucheck though.

Thats all you need, Venty.

"DEEP BREATHS, SIR." propofol 200mg into da IV ....

 

[joshmir]

so i took the poll, but if you can entertain a little more misdirection:


quick clarification-

the K+ is 2.5 (available to us, not ordered) everything we do is a cost/benefit analysis...

mil and jet: there's more risk to giving a little bit of slow IV pottasium (or PO pre-op or post-op) than possible benefit (arrythmia prevention postoperatively at home, if not perioperatively)?

(i understand that people with chronically low pottasium may do better with a chronically low pottasium...aggressive acute repletion changes the differential across the cell membrane dangerously, etc etc)

 

[militarymd]

so i took the poll, but if you can entertain a little more misdirection:


quick clarification-

the K+ is 2.5 (available to us, not ordered) everything we do is a cost/benefit analysis...

mil and jet: there's more risk to giving a little bit of slow IV pottasium (or PO pre-op or post-op) than possible benefit (arrythmia prevention postoperatively at home, if not perioperatively)?

(i understand that people with chronically low pottasium may do better with a chronically low pottasium...aggressive acute repletion changes the differential across the cell membrane dangerously, etc etc)

that's correct..that's why you shouldn't check it.