In article >,
Nancy Young > wrote:

> Katra wrote:
> >
> > In article
> > >,
> > Cindy Fuller > wrote:
>
> > > You've got that right, Michel. I used this as a "teachable moment" in
> > > my nutrition class today. Many of my students are nursing majors.
> > > First off, I pointed out that the person who released Atkins's NYC
> > > Medical Examiner report was in violation of professional ethics and
> > > patient confidentiality. Then we did the math on Atkins's ideal body
> > > weight and pondered how someone could gain over 60 pounds in 8 days.
> > > The doctors would have had to pump in about 4 liters of fluid a day to
> > > do so, and his kidneys would have had to cease functioning completely.
>
> > Depends on the IV rate...... and docs seem to be fond of a lot of IV
> > fluids in patients who are dying. :-P
> > Average IV rate is 60 to 80 mls per hour and I've seen it go higher.
> >
> > If his blood pressure was low, (which is likely since the article
> > mentioned CHF), it would not surprise me if he had renal insufficiency.
> >
> > I've seen head injured patients swell up like ballons with edema.
>
> I'm not sure where I'm coming in on this subject, I haven't been
> following along. (laugh) I'm getting to the point were the words
> Atkins and carbs make my eyes glaze over.
>
> At any rate, I kept hearing this thing about Atkins being obese and
> I wondered, am I completely out of touch? Every picture I saw of him,
> he looked okay to me. Not exactly gaunt, but not obese. Then I heard
> about him being admitted at 195 and 260 (whatever) when he died.
> Oh, that makes sense. It's not fat.
>
> Well, this morning on Good Morning America (I think), they had an
> (Atkins advocate?) doctor who mentioned this report. Whoever made
> the report insisted it couldn't be fluid retention. I thought,
> he was admitted at 195 and died at 260. Are you trying to tell me
> that someone on life support gained that much weight from hospital
> food????????????????? Yeah, I know he must have been chowing down
> on full sugar Jello. Come on!
>
> nancy

He was in a coma...
How could he "eat"?

If someones says it was not purely fluid gain, they are full of feces
and anti-low carb. :-P

What a bunch of ass holes!

K.

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