Comments on: Oh what a night! http://www.theintensiveart.com/oh-what-a-night/ Diary of an ICU Nurse Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:23:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Sean http://www.theintensiveart.com/oh-what-a-night/comment-page-1/#comment-1370 Sean Thu, 29 Mar 2007 22:06:07 +0000 http://nursesean.com/?p=514#comment-1370 She had an atrial valve replacement and unfortunately developed a GI bleed while in the ICU. They stabalized her with 8 units of blood before sending them to us. DIC is definitely a possibitly due to all that blood, but we'll never know...the family/doctors decided against an autopsy. I work on a gen surg/surgical oncology unit. She was in the high observation room with a one nurse to two patient ratio. Fortunately she was with one of the most experienced nurses on the unit. She had an atrial valve replacement and unfortunately developed a GI bleed while in the ICU. They stabalized her with 8 units of blood before sending them to us. DIC is definitely a possibitly due to all that blood, but we’ll never know…the family/doctors decided against an autopsy.

I work on a gen surg/surgical oncology unit. She was in the high observation room with a one nurse to two patient ratio. Fortunately she was with one of the most experienced nurses on the unit.

]]> By: Wendy, GN http://www.theintensiveart.com/oh-what-a-night/comment-page-1/#comment-1369 Wendy, GN Thu, 29 Mar 2007 13:09:36 +0000 http://nursesean.com/?p=514#comment-1369 I was wondering if that was DIC, too. I tell you, the prospect of coming face to face with that siutation scares the crap out of me. W. :) I was wondering if that was DIC, too. I tell you, the prospect of coming face to face with that siutation scares the crap out of me.

W. :)

]]> By: NurseWilliam http://www.theintensiveart.com/oh-what-a-night/comment-page-1/#comment-1368 NurseWilliam Thu, 29 Mar 2007 11:59:59 +0000 http://nursesean.com/?p=514#comment-1368 Wow. Are you MedSurg or CCA? Did hte patient have DIC? What are the underlying details? AEEEEEGH! Wow. Are you MedSurg or CCA? Did hte patient have DIC? What are the underlying details? AEEEEEGH!

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