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BTK ABSITE 2023 - Fluids and Electrolytes

Behind The Knife: The Surgery Podcast

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How Much Calcium Should I Give My Patient?

The patient had a total thyroidectomy and the calcium comes back at 6.2. They could have weakness, peri-whirl numbness and tingling. Trusos is the carbopaedal spasm with blood pressure cuff. How would you treat this patient? Uh, so with, um, uh, IV calcium. And what else do we usually want to give them?

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