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- Bicarb in ketoacidosis | Student Doctor Network
I routinely get DKA patients from the ED and any pH <7 3 gets at least one amp of bicarb from the emergency physicians We're lucky if they even ordered an insulin infusion ::shrugs::
- sodium bicarbonate infusion in NS | Student Doctor Network
Reasoning = most drips call for 3 amps of sodium bicarb which is a total of 150 meq of sodium Add that to the sodium in 1 liter of NS which is 154 meq you have 304 meq of sodium in your 1 liter drip way too much for most patients Mix 150 meq sodium bicarb in D5w or sterile water Or do 75 meq of sodium bicarb in 1 liter of 1 2 NS
- Question about sodium bicarb IV | Student Doctor Network
I'm having some trouble looking for information about sodium bicarb for IV infusion (infusion rate, fluid base, max rate of infusion, whether it can be given directly from the bottle) The references I looked at all kind of have different information GlobalRph doesn't really give any
- Cheat sheet for mixing drips bags? | Student Doctor Network
And then what about bicarb drips? I had a critical code the other night and couldn't recall if I put 3 amps bicarb in D5W or D5 1 2 NS And one place I worked at I remember the pharmacy sending up a bag of "max concentrate" bicarb What's that? I suspect that needs to come from y'all right? Drop some knowledge on me Click to expand
- Diluting cefazolin | Student Doctor Network
At the extreme end we've got 8 4% sodium bicarb, which has twice the osmolarity of 3% hypertonic saline, but I don't think anyone ever worries about giving that You'd have to dilute a 50 mL amp of it in something like 350 mL of water to make it isotonic Ain't nobody got time for that 10% Calcium Chloride is even higher
- Calcium bicarbonate vs Calcium gluconate, which is better for . . .
As mentioned, neither is "better " Calcium is Calcium In practice, gluconate is easier to give so is nearly always the one that gets used This always aggravated me about exam pimp questions relating to the treatment of hyperK In reality, you will write for Calcium, D50+Insulin, IVF, Bicarb and kayexalate all at the same time The order in which it gets given will depend entirely on your
- DKA + Hyper K, ? Bicarb | Student Doctor Network
In a patient with a critical hyper K I would give the bicarb and bicarb gtt even with the concomitant metabolic alkalosis in an attempt to drive more K intracellular The big paper on the DKA+bicarb=cerebral edema was done in peds However it was predominantly Type 1 diabetics in their mid to late teens so physiologically adults
- D50 question | Student Doctor Network
Been searching a few textbooks and the internet to no avail I was wondering if anyone knew by approximately how much does 1 amp of D50 raise the blood sugar in an average adult? Thanks
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