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can anyone PLEASE tell me if dialysis patients receive potassium chloride at their treatments?
 
Posts: 1 | Location: boise, idaho, usa | Registered: 06 January 2002Edit or Delete MessageReport This Post
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RNR,

Potassium chloride is present in the dialysate. The level of KCL in the dialysate is part of the dialysis prescription with levels typically ranging from 0 - 4.0. In my 20+ years in the field, I do recall having one patient that received a KCL drip.
 
Posts: 860 | Location: Baltimore, MD USA | Registered: 24 October 2001Edit or Delete MessageReport This Post
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