Nephrology consulted for volume overload, unresponsive to loop diuretic.
The requesting team, also giving a liter of scheduled albumin per day to “help with diuresis”:
Surgical intern on rounds: UOP still marginal and BP is soft.
Surgical resident: How many L of IVF have you given?
Intern: 10L over the last 24h. Should we call Nephro?
Resident: No. Let’s give 6 more liters.
It do be like that sometimes,
@brian_rifkin
Funny memes but have to be sure we cover every potential clinical possibility because that’s what matters to a meme account.
One instant way to improve EMRs would be to allow gifs.
Imagine getting a consult for “recommendations” on a resolving AKI, decongesting well, electrolytes are fine:
Me in the chart: