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Oh Klaus, I'm so sorry.
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That fvcking sucks.
One thing I learned from my grandmother and great aunts, though, is that there is nothing tougher than older German women.
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Any information on what caused her sudden decline?
Just received a somewhat encouraging update. She seems to be stable at the moment. Main problem is still kidney / urea nitrate. From what the doctors say, it's better to reduce the level slowly. She gets some CPAP breathing support with oxygen. Dexamethasone as a precaution. They are considering to go from PD to hemo-dialysis if the former is not working well enough.
I guess the appropriate American term for the situation is SNAFU.
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OK - CPAP is much better than being on a ventilator. Presumably she's not intubated.
Uremia can cause the symptoms that you described in your original post - diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, and ultimately confusion.
Hopefully they'll get her BUN down as quickly as safe.
Inserting a temporary hemodyalisis access port is not a big deal. That would be a reasonable thing to do if the PD isn't working.
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OK - CPAP is much better than being on a ventilator. Presumably she's not intubated.
Uremia can cause the symptoms that you described in your original post - diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, and ultimately confusion.
Hopefully they'll get her BUN down as quickly as safe.
Inserting a temporary hemodyalisis access port is not a big deal. That would be a reasonable thing to do if the PD isn't working.
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I hope she quickly takes a turn for the better. I've been keeping you and your family in my thoughts.
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Hopefully they'll get her BUN down as quickly as safe.
From what I understand, her BUN level was well over 200 <insert some unit whose name I forgot here, mg/dl?>, which normally is supposed to be below 20.
Anything that high, I don't even titrate, just report out as >150.
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Hopefully they'll get her BUN down as quickly as safe.
From what I understand, her BUN level was well over 200 <insert some unit whose name I forgot here, mg/dl?>, which normally is supposed to be below 20.
Anything that high, I don't even titrate, just report out as >150.
I hope things turn around as quickly as possible.