RE: Re Sect K6

[Deanna J. Ogle]

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You divide by 7. Just like if they only received IV fluids for 3 days, you divide by 7 to get the average daily amount for the 7 days of the look back period. Deanna   -----Original Message----- From: Bryan Sims [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 1:04 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re Sect K6 Howdy everyone,      If a patient receives GT feeding for only 3 of the last 7 days then went to PO diet,  do you divide the total calories  and fluids received via GT  by 7 or by 3?  The book is not clear to me, it says to code the average, and to find the average in 7days you would have to divide by 7.  But if you are only looking for the average in those 3 days of receiving tube feeding you would divide by 3.  Thanks for taking the time to help me with this!!  Have a greeeaaaattttt day!!   bryan