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Strange, where is the sources backing up that it should always be painless? Found lots of resources pointing towards that many do in fact feel a burning sensati
by chockchocschoir 5y ago
Strange, where is the sources backing up that it should always be painless? Found lots of resources pointing towards that many do in fact feel a burning sensation from potassium IV:
- https://cms.galenos.com.tr/Uploads/Article_21792/EAJEM-16-148-En.pdf https://cms.galenos.com.tr/Uploads/Article_21792/EAJEM-16-14...
- https://www.webmd.com/drugs/drugreview-6224-potassium-chloride-intravenous https://www.webmd.com/drugs/drugreview-6224-potassium-chlori...
- https://www.nyspana.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/NYSPANA-PIP3.pdf https://www.nyspana.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/NYSPANA-P...
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2730072/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2730072/
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3063479/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3063479/
- https://musculardystrophynews.com/forums/forums/topic/17193/ https://musculardystrophynews.com/forums/forums/topic/17193/
- https://www.nursingcenter.com/journalarticle?Article_ID=3535408&Journal_ID=3425880&Issue_ID=3534792 https://www.nursingcenter.com/journalarticle?Article_ID=3535...
- subungual 5y agoYep, pain at the infusion site is an incredibly common complaint with potassium IV. The person you replied to is talking confidently outside of their expertise.