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Adding IV Potassium Chloride To Existing IV Fluid For Bowel Movement In A Child With Gastroenteritis. What Can I Expect?
Before adding IV potassium chloride to existing IV fluid for a 8 year old child with severe gastroenteritis, what is critical for the nurse to assess? Ability to have a bowel movement independently?, Able to eat sold foods?, Ability of the client to void?, Bowel sounds are active?
I have given plenty of potassium chloride to patients but never to an 8 year old with gastroenteritis. I don't know the significance that potassium chloride plays on gastroenteritis. I would probably have to say the ability of the client to void due to hyperkalemia?
I have given plenty of potassium chloride to patients but never to an 8 year old with gastroenteritis. I don't know the significance that potassium chloride plays on gastroenteritis. I would probably have to say the ability of the client to void due to hyperkalemia?
Wed, 12 Jun 2013
Hi, the significance of giving potasium chloride, is to substitute the loss of potassium , by loose motions, or any sort of loss of fluid.
There are other ways of adding potassium is infusion of the ringers lactate. The caution to be taken for giving potassium is the excretion of urine should be adequate.
Thank you.
There are other ways of adding potassium is infusion of the ringers lactate. The caution to be taken for giving potassium is the excretion of urine should be adequate.
Thank you.
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