Would you perform dialysis on a patient with altered mental status in the setting of an elevated blood urea nitrogen level attributed to a tube feeding diet?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
Uremia is symptomatic azotemia, I don't see how you don't dialyze that patient. The idea behind tube feeds is nutrition, that you need amino acids to make protein, but if the BUN is rising, clearly you are catabolizing some of them, and I would check with the dietician to make sure the patient isn't...
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at Nephrology Associates Of York Pc If symptomatic with high BUN, then dialysis is rea...
If symptomatic with high BUN, then dialysis is rea...