Excellent post -- why this bloodwork (and BNP) seem to be ignored is strange. It's another tool in your decision making data set. Nothing will beat history/physical/imaging but if someone's on the vent, CRP 20 (not influenza or aspiration since CAPE COD avoided that) -- why not give steroids at this relatively modest dose, understanding that harm is not great. A COPDer sneezes and gets 60q6 of methylpred....no questions, less RCT data. Perhaps it should be drawn in that situation too...:) *Hope the play is going well. Am in Northeast so bit tough in order to get to ATL to see but would have loved too.
Excellent post -- why this bloodwork (and BNP) seem to be ignored is strange. It's another tool in your decision making data set. Nothing will beat history/physical/imaging but if someone's on the vent, CRP 20 (not influenza or aspiration since CAPE COD avoided that) -- why not give steroids at this relatively modest dose, understanding that harm is not great. A COPDer sneezes and gets 60q6 of methylpred....no questions, less RCT data. Perhaps it should be drawn in that situation too...:) *Hope the play is going well. Am in Northeast so bit tough in order to get to ATL to see but would have loved too.