Problem # 1) If a patient has a serum potassium level of 4.8 mEq/L and the...
A 64-year-old man with a long history of gout and type 2 diabetes mellitus comes in for a routine checkup. Serum chemistries are as follows: sodium, 140 mEq/L; potassium, 6.3 mEq/L; bicarbonate, 18 mEq/L; BUN, 43 mg/dL; creatinine, 2.9 mg/dL; glucose, 198 mg/dL. Chart review showsprevious potassium values of 5.3 mEq/L and 5.7 mEq/L. The patient is currently taking only colchicine, 0.5 mg daily, and glyburide, 5 mg twice daily.QuestionsA. What is the most likely cause of this patient’s hyperkalemia,...
Problem #2) GS has a potassium level of 3.1 mEq/, and the physician would like to get her potassium level within normal range. Assuming normal renal function, what is the total amount of potassium that should be given to GS to get her to this goal potassium level?
Patient A Patient B Patient C Na+ 138 mEq/L 142 mEq/L 148 mEq/L K+ 5.1 mEq/L 6.1 mEq/L 3.8 mEq/L Ca+ 8.9 mg/dL 7.5 mg/dL 9.5 mg/dL Mg+ 1.3 mg/dL 0.9 mg/dL 2.1 mg/dL pH 7.40 7.32 7.42 PCO2 42 mm Hg 48 mm Hg 40 mm Hg PO2 95% 98% 99% HCO3 22 28 26 1. Which patient needs to be assessed first based on the information above? Why?
46. The patient has an order for potassium chloride (K-Lor) 10 mEq orally.The medication available is potassium chloride 20 mEq/10 mL. How many mL will the nurse administer? (Round to the nearest whole number.)
21. A patient with hypokalemia has an order for 40 mEq of potassium to be infused IV now The potassium is diluted in 200 mL of Ds W. The facility's policy states to infuse IV potassium at a rat h. How many milliliters per hour should the IV pump be When 30. A patient is admitted to the ambuiatory surgery unit for an elective procedure. performing a physical assessment, the nurse identifies that the patient has Pediculus capitis (head lice)....
Problem # 4) EG is an ICU patient admitted for trauma. Serum Calcium Level is 7.9 mg/dL. Serum albumin level is 1.9 mg/dL. What is EG's corrected calcium level?
The laboratory tests for a patient indicate a blood calcium level of 8.8 mEq/L. how many moles of calcium ion are in 0.50 L of blood
1. The nurse is caring for a frail elderlyn caring for a frail elderly patient who was discovered on the bedroom floor having la two days earlier. On reviewing the patient's laboratory results, the nurse realizes that she must notify the provider immediately about which result? A. Magnesium (Mg) 1.9mEq/L B. Potassium (K) 6.6 mEq/L C. Calcium (Ca+) 9.8 mg/dL D. Sodium (Na+) 135 mEq/L 2. A patient with asthma is brought by ambulance to the ER with altered level...
a volumetric calcium analysis on triplicate samples of the blood serum of a patient believed to be suffering from a hyper parathyroid candition produced the following data: meq Ca/L=3.15 ,3.25 ,3.26. what is the 95% confidence limit for the mean assuming a) no prior information about precision of analysis is known b) s--> sigma =0.056 meq Ca/L
51. At 3:00 P.M., a pharmacist received an order to add 30 mEq/L of potassium chloride to the already running intravenous fluid for a patient. After checking the medication order, the pharmacist found that the patient is receiving a 5% dextrose/0.9% sodium chloride infusion at a rate of 85 mL/h and that the patient's liter of fluid was started at 1:30 PM.7 (a) Assuming that it took 30 minutes to provide the needed potassium chloride to the floor nurse, how...