
'"
I.V.
Therapy
Demystified
HHNK coma <. n
be
...
",..,ot
oo
by
mooitori"~
!he p
..
i
on<"
. blood
gl"""""
level.
p",iod",.lIy
..
ordered. particularly
.....
"
1'1'1
ther2py
i.
being
ini,i>1e<i,"
Any 'ypc
of
electrolyte imbol.oce identified ,,",>iou,ly in OIapl<r 3 might
be
exhibited
by
a 1"""'Ol receiving
1'1'1
infusion<,
11><
",
may
;11<100.
h)'J><f1I.""mi
•.
hypomtremi..
h),perhkmi.,
hypohl.m
i.
.
hYp"ro
.
hmia.
hypoc.I""mia.
hypetphosph>l<mi • . h lpophosph>l<mi1,
hypermogne",mi
•.
and h
ypomag".""mi
1.
"
Patien"
m>.y
be
""
..
cd
for [he""
el<"<"tro
l)
••
disturb.
""",
by
in"'"","'ioo
••
100
d=:ribed
in Chapter 3
Of
by >djwaing electrolyte croce",,,,,i,,,,. in their TPN
or
rnA
",
l",ion.,
Hyperglycemia
and
Hypoglycemia
A.
noted I"",;""<ly. ,he ...... , common complication
..
ooci>tcd with odmi
ni.terins
ll'N
or
TNA
",I
Ulions
i.
hyperglycrmi . ......
This
<an
be
pre,onted by carefully
....,,,ing
periooic blood g1"""""
1e,..,I
" pani.cularly when
PN
i.
;Oi
l
;>1o<1.
,,'''''n
ill
ra,"
of
i
nfu.;oo
i • • ltered. or when the I""","t"
scaloric
require"",nts change
bee,"",
of
_
..
«I
.....
lodi",...,
">1e.
or intervention> ,,,,,h , . ,urgory.
In
g.""",I,
!Wients
"ho
ore beginning
Tf'N
0<
TNA
infu,ions
>hould
h>,~
'heir
blood
gl""05e 1I",el.
monilOred
at
I
...
,
""'ry
6
hou"
.00
should be p"",Kled
'liding
_sea
l<
in,ulin
«"w
..
g~_
For !Wi.nos ",hooe blood giuro>e 1",..,1. are
COIl
'
inuemly
gre
..
or Ilwo
140 mgldL
0<
Ie..
Ib
, n
90
mgldL
blood glucose monj'oring may!ll"ed
10
occur
..
freqll< n'ly
..
every hour, For
p,"ien"
"hose
blood
gl"""'"
1"..,1, re"",in chron
ie.n
y
high and ""ho require
coo,i"en'
e>ery-6-hour
i",ulin
""''''~.
in,ulin
....
y be
mi.ed
""ilb Ihe
I'N
",
I
u,ion,"
Hl'poglycem
i.
may
occur
if
,he
PN
",
Iution
i.
"opped
.brupdy."
Thi.
""'y
occur
if.
PN
LV.
bag
thai
is
ready
10
be hung becom<.
con,,,,,,im
ted and canoo<
be
hung bee
au",
of
Ihe heightened ri,k
of
boc'"remia.
1he
pharm:ocy mw;l
be
ootified
'0
admix a """'. sterile
I.V.
bag
of
I'N
..,Iu,ion,
In
,he
in
torim . • n l.V, bag
of
10%
dexu"""
can be hung at
"'"
......
houri)'
.......
Ihe
I'N
..,Iulion. Thi. ,ubSli
lLn.
cenainly
will
001
j>fOVide,
compk'e
"'""'"
of
nutrienos for Ill< j».t
"'n'
buI ",ill
pro.ide
• bridge
'0
'ber:apy
'h>'
can
pr",..,nt a
Ii
fe-lbr.,.l<n
in
g hypogl)'comic reacrion
from occurring unt
il
a new
...
rile
LV.
b.g
of
PN ..,Iu,ion i .
..
'>ilabl<.
Refeedlng
Syndrome
R_Juding ')'Mt<!IM describe
••
,),s
..
mic
response
..... occurs
"hen
mnri""
..
and
~ui<b
are odmini"""'<l
'''''
>Uddenly
10
a jlQliem
"ho
has beffi
"""",Iy
malnoori>bed
for
.iong
time.
1he
r:apid
in'rod""tion
of
e""-"'roll't
...
"i
umi""
.
nd
"""",,,,,lI1rienos
cau",.
r:apid
and "",..,re
di""plioo
in
~uKl
and e""-"'rolyte
t.oIanc<.
re,ulting
in
be
ort
fai
l
=.
g<ner.di
z.ed
ode
....
and
>rut<
renal failure.
'Thi
. may
be
Ire2led by admi roistering
diumie
agen"
and by adjusting
Ihe
",",
and compo>ition
of
Ihe PN ooIu,ion,
1he
be"