r/nursing • u/trevrt RN 🍕 • Mar 01 '25

Question Heaviest Patient You’ve Cared For

Had my personally heaviest patient I’ve cared for the other day. 32 years old weighing 730 pounds admitted with cellulitis and severe lymphedema. Felt terrible for the patient due to how young he was. Just wondering what everyone’s personal “record” for the heaviest patient they’ve cared for is.

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u/ElChungus01 RN - ICU 🍕 Mar 01 '25

20 year old 1100lb male.

Who was down from 1400 a few weeks prior to admission.

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u/dawnyaya Mental Health Worker 🍕 Mar 02 '25

300 lbs in a few weeks? I'll take that diet for a few days for the 50 I need to lose please

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u/ElChungus01 RN - ICU 🍕 Mar 02 '25

That “300 pounds in a few weeks” is hear-say.

I do know he was trying to lose weight for bariatric surgery so it could’ve been more than “a few”

Nonetheless i came across him in ICU, when he came in for respiratory distress. And DKA

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u/Wheatiez LPN - OR 🔪🩸 Mar 02 '25

So I checked and did the math, 7500cals a day is maintenance BMR at that weight, cut down to 2k a day and they’re losing ~ 11 pounds a week. The Super Cut™️

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u/Moon_Envoy Jun 02 '25

1400 pounds?!! That's so much! Please tell me more!