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Doctor, i am a dialysis technician for davita. earlier today 12/4/15 i was attending to a older african american woman. she is easily in her mid to late 70s, walks with a walker, a overall sweet woman. she is also a heavy bleeder. (but only when removing

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Dr. James Lin answered

Here are some...: Glad to see someone like you taking good care of the patient. Known to us, all patients under dialysis have their significant organ/system derangement with fluid, electrolytes, nutrition, functionality, etc. so they are susceptible to have infection, bleeding, less tolerance to drug use, etc. But what is your specific Q for this patient? More? Ask your supervising nephrologists for individual...

Answered 1/16/2017

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