56 | Help, my patient is losing protein! How to care for patients with protein-losing enteropathy


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Jan 16 2025 22 mins   1

In episode 56 of the Medical Nursing Podcast we’re talking all about protein-losing enteropathy - quite possibly the worst chronic GI disease we see.

Though these patients are often severely unwell, they need a LOT of intensive nursing care and that means there are lots of skills we can use in the process. But what is PLE, and how does it affect our patients? Let’s take a look.

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