Re: JC at NIH - What's New?

[Guest guest]

I was commenting on the CYP11B2/1 issue that the professionls report. More

intresting than their report will be my report when we get it fixed!

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> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > A K of 3.7 could be a poor blood

> > draw. If they use a

> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > tourniquet,, and I have never seen a

> > nurse in an ER or floor NOT use

> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > a tourniquet except for someone who is

> > very brittle or very

> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > dehydrated, and usually only after they

> > have tried the tourniquet

> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > first.ÃÆ'Æ'Æ'ÃÆ'†'ÃÆ'Æ'Ãâ

> > €šÃ‚¢ÃÆ'¢â€šÂ¬ÃÆ'…¡ And many

> > slap the vein/arm and can be a little rough about

> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > it, falsely increasing the K. When I ask

> > them now, most act like

> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > they knew this about elevating K, but

> > you can tell by their look

> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > they didn't know this nor were taught

> > this.

> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ÃÆ'Æ'Æ'ÃÆ'†'ÃÆ'Æ'Ãâ

> > €šÃ‚¢ÃÆ'¢â€šÂ¬ÃÆ'…¡

> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I had the lab a while back draw my

> > blood and I asked her not

> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > to use a tourniquet due to the potassium

> > - she did anyway saying she

> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > draws it " fast " and so I let her

> > (because the nurses always know

> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > more than anyone). ÃÆ'Æ'Æ'ÃÆ'Ã

> > ¢â‚¬ 'ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃÆ'¢â€šÂ¬ÃÆ'…Ãâ

> > €šÃ‚¡ It came back 4.0, I didn't take my K for a few

> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > days and I could tell, absolutely no

> > doubt, that my K was low. So I

> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > started taking it again and felt 100

> > times better. The lab was

> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > wrong. My follow up, after taking the K

> > and with no tourniquet was 3.4

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