What was the purpose of the MD giving Mr. N the potassium ...

[daltonest1984]

What was the purpose of the MD giving Mr. N the potassium chloride? Explain your answer.

Question 2

Mr. F received scrambled eggs, hash browns, whole milk, and margarine for breakfast on his first day on a 2g Na diet. The RD was not sure why this was so but found the answer for Mr. F the same day. Did the RD handle this encounter appropriately? The outcome was that the RD changed his diet to a low-cholesterol, low-saturated fat diet. Do you agree with this or should the RD have insisted upon following hospital policy? Explain your answer.

[onowka]

Answer to Question 1

Mr. N's K is low, if he resumes a normal diet it should return to normal. The K Cl will help assure this until he adjusts to a normal diet.

Answer to Question 2

Right after heart surgery patients typically have very poor appetites. Heart surgery patients seem to have a problem with decreased taste acuity for several days post-op. The goal is to get them to eat to regain their strength as soon as possible; therefore, most anything is allowed the first couple of weeks past surgery in some hospitals. Once the patient is healed, diet instruction begins. The RD handled her encounter with Mr. F extremely well and I am in perfect agreement with her decision. However, it would have been more appropriate for Mr. F to have been informed of the type of meals he was going to receive and why prior to receiving the meals.

[daltonest1984]

Gracias!

[FergA]

Excellent