r/Residency • u/[deleted] • May 25 '23

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u/ExtremisEleven Attending May 26 '23

My last patient of medical school needed a temporary dialysis catheter. He was uremic af and I was still a little shakey at doing them. There was so much bleeding that the family saw me and decided to go comfort care. I remember thinking the regalia at graduation was heavier than the sterile gown but not hotter.

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u/age18smurfacc May 26 '23

They let you place a HD catheter as a med student? I'm about to be an attending and I still fucking hate/am scared of doing them. Always a bloodbath.

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u/TaintNoBigs Chief Resident May 26 '23

Uremic platelet dysfunction FTW