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20 Cards in this Set
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MEDS THAT AFFECT TRAUMA RECOVERY
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-CORTICOSTERIODS
-DIURETICS -PHENOTHIAZINES -ANTIDEPRESSANTS -TRANSQUILIZERS |
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DEPRESSES THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
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CORTICOSTERIODS
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CAUSES EXCESSIVE RESPIRATORY DEPRESSION DURING ANESTHESIA
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DIURETICS
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MAY INTERACT WITH ANESTHESIA AGENT OR CNS DEPRESSANTS & INCREASE THE RISK FOR HYPOTENSION
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PHENOTHIAZINES
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INCREASES THE HYPOTENSIVE EFFECTS OF ANESTHESIA
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ANTIDEPRESSANTS
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MAY CAUSE ANXIETY, TENSION, SEIZURES IF WITHDRAWN SUDDENLY
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TRANSQUILIZERS
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GENERAL NURSING DIAGNOSES FOR TISSURE TRAUMA
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-RISK FOR INFECTION
-RISK FOR PAIN -ALTERED PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION |
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MEASURES USED TO PREVENT RESPIRATORY COMPLICATIONS
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-EARLY AMBULATION
-TURNING -DEEP BREATHING -INCENTIVE SPIROMETER |
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PREVENTIONS FOR DVT'S
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-EARLY AMBULATION
-HOURLY LER EXERCISES -LOW DOSE HEPARIN -EXTERNAL PNEUMATIC COMPRESSIONS -THIGH HIGH TED HOSE |
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METHODS FOR WOUND HEALING
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-FIRST-INTENTION HEALING
-SECOND-INTENTION HEALING -THIRD-INTENTION HEALING |
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FIRST-INTENTION HEALING INCLUDES
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-ASEPTICALLY
-MINIMUM OF TISSUE INJURY -PROPERLY CLOSED -SCAR FORMATION IS MINIMAL |
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SECOND-INTENTION HEALING INCLUDES
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-WOUNDS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN APPROXIMATED
-REQUIRE WET-TO-DRY DRESSINGS |
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THIRD-INTENTON HEALING
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-ACCURES IN DEEP WOUNDS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN SUTURED
-REQUIRES WET-TO-DRY DRESSINGS |
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BLEEDING BENEATH THE SKIN THAT STOPS SPONTANEOUSLY
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HEMATOMA
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WOUNDS INFECTIONS MAY NOT APPEAR UNTIL HOW MANY DAYS AFTER SURGERY
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5
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A DISRUPTION OF A SURGICAL INCISION OR WOUND
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WOUND DESHISCENCE
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PROTRUSION OF THE WOUND CONTENTS
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EVISCERATION
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RESULTS WHEN SUTURES GIVE AWAY DUE TO INFECTIONS
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WOUND DEHISCENCE OR EVISCERATION
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INTERVENTIONS FOR WOUND DISRUPTIONS
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-LOW FOWLERS POSITION
-COVER WITH MOIST STERILE DRESSING |
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IF AT RISK FOR ABDOMINAL WOUND DISRUPTION PATIENT SHOULD USE
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ABDOMINAL BINDER
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