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MEDS THAT AFFECT TRAUMA RECOVERY
-CORTICOSTERIODS
-DIURETICS
-PHENOTHIAZINES
-ANTIDEPRESSANTS
-TRANSQUILIZERS
DEPRESSES THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
CORTICOSTERIODS
CAUSES EXCESSIVE RESPIRATORY DEPRESSION DURING ANESTHESIA
DIURETICS
MAY INTERACT WITH ANESTHESIA AGENT OR CNS DEPRESSANTS & INCREASE THE RISK FOR HYPOTENSION
PHENOTHIAZINES
INCREASES THE HYPOTENSIVE EFFECTS OF ANESTHESIA
ANTIDEPRESSANTS
MAY CAUSE ANXIETY, TENSION, SEIZURES IF WITHDRAWN SUDDENLY
TRANSQUILIZERS
GENERAL NURSING DIAGNOSES FOR TISSURE TRAUMA
-RISK FOR INFECTION
-RISK FOR PAIN
-ALTERED PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION
MEASURES USED TO PREVENT RESPIRATORY COMPLICATIONS
-EARLY AMBULATION
-TURNING
-DEEP BREATHING
-INCENTIVE SPIROMETER
PREVENTIONS FOR DVT'S
-EARLY AMBULATION
-HOURLY LER EXERCISES
-LOW DOSE HEPARIN
-EXTERNAL PNEUMATIC COMPRESSIONS
-THIGH HIGH TED HOSE
METHODS FOR WOUND HEALING
-FIRST-INTENTION HEALING
-SECOND-INTENTION HEALING
-THIRD-INTENTION HEALING
FIRST-INTENTION HEALING INCLUDES
-ASEPTICALLY
-MINIMUM OF TISSUE INJURY
-PROPERLY CLOSED
-SCAR FORMATION IS MINIMAL
SECOND-INTENTION HEALING INCLUDES
-WOUNDS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN APPROXIMATED
-REQUIRE WET-TO-DRY DRESSINGS
THIRD-INTENTON HEALING
-ACCURES IN DEEP WOUNDS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN SUTURED
-REQUIRES WET-TO-DRY DRESSINGS
BLEEDING BENEATH THE SKIN THAT STOPS SPONTANEOUSLY
HEMATOMA
WOUNDS INFECTIONS MAY NOT APPEAR UNTIL HOW MANY DAYS AFTER SURGERY
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A DISRUPTION OF A SURGICAL INCISION OR WOUND
WOUND DESHISCENCE
PROTRUSION OF THE WOUND CONTENTS
EVISCERATION
RESULTS WHEN SUTURES GIVE AWAY DUE TO INFECTIONS
WOUND DEHISCENCE OR EVISCERATION
INTERVENTIONS FOR WOUND DISRUPTIONS
-LOW FOWLERS POSITION
-COVER WITH MOIST STERILE DRESSING
IF AT RISK FOR ABDOMINAL WOUND DISRUPTION PATIENT SHOULD USE
ABDOMINAL BINDER