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"K bath" - ?slang, legit-sm - je suis MT


Posted: Mar 24, 2010

Context:  renal patient with hypokalemia. 

"I will give a single dose of potassium and adjust his K bath". 

K+ Care is a potassium supplement NM - dunno

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Maybe K-Tab ?? nm - brrrr

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K bath sm - Txczech

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What is Hemodialysis?The other will be filled with a solution of certain minerals and water (the dialysate bath). ... we adjust the concentration of sodium, potassium, chloride, ...
msl1.mit.edu/ESD10/kidneys/HndbkHTML/ch2.htm - Cached - Similar
Renal Society of Australasia National Conference 2009 - Reducing ...Objective: The standard potassium(K) bath used at many haemodialysis units is K2 (no K added to dialysate). If a patient's serum K is too low, potassium is ...
www.rsa2009.com/abstract/103.asp - Cached

K bath is term used for dialysis. - NM

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Many thanks to all for help with this:)-nm - je suis MT

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