Why are magnesium, Phosphorus, & potassium drawn every 2hrs for patients, if it’s going at a certain rate can’t you simply calculate how much it’ll be, what are the chances they spike up out of nowhere?

Question

Why are magnesium, Phosphorus, & potassium drawn every 2hrs for patients, if it’s going at a certain rate can’t you simply calculate how much it’ll be, what are the chances they spike up out of nowhere?

In: Biology

Answer 1

They’re generally not, except in very specific cases – do you have a specific scenario in which they are doing that?

Answer 2

Slightly off topic – But having recently had a Potassium drip, it’s excruciating. I had to ask the nurse to lower the drip rate several times.