Case Scenario: Your 45-year-old patient was readmitted after very long abdominal surgery two weeks prior. She...
Case Scenario: Your 45-year-old patient was readmitted after very long abdominal surgery two weeks prior. She went home and stated she followed the discharge instructions. Yet, upon your initial assessment you find redness at the wound site and around the site, little bleeding but a discharge with a foul odor, and the patient has a temperature of 100 degrees.
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Question: How would you explain to this patient what has happened?
Homework Answers
The assessment finding like redness,bleeding and foul discharge from the wound and fever is a sign of infection. As it has occured in less than 30 days or a month of surgery it is termed to be surgical site infection (SSI).This can be because of the contamination of the wound by any ways like poor hygiene, entry of germs from contaminated hands ,etc., This needs medical intervention and a complete care of the surgical wound by daily dressing and with antibiotics.
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