This time period starts with the arrival in the hospital room or post surgical unit.
What is the "later postoperative period.
This wound healing mode occurs within 8-10 days of the incision and usually heals with minimal scarring.
Primary intention
This is an example of?
Evisceration
Doing this early in the postoperative time period helps to promote overall healing.
AMBULATION
List 2 examples of secondary intention wounds.
ulcer
infected wound
This condition occurs when the intestines are paralyzed and there is no peristalsis.
paralytic ileum
To correctly document that the patient has absent bowel sounds, you should technically listed to each quadrant for how long?
5 minutes in each quadrant.
It may take how many hours to regain minimal GI function?
24 to 48
This mode of wound is surgically closed once the infection is gone.
tertiary intention wound
This condition is due to fluid intake and causes a distended stomach.
acute gastric dilation
How long does the inflammation stage of wound healing last?
1-4 days
This mode of wound healing shows wounds that are slow healing with the skin not well approximated.
secondary intention
This is common postoperatively, until the intestines have regained function and if opioids are used for pain management.
Constipation
The proliferative phase of wound healing lasts from day 5 thru day 20 and is when ______________ is produced and _____________ tissue forms.
collagen
granulation
This complication is most likely to occur within the first 10 days after surgery and involves a superficial separation of wound edges.
Dehiscence
fluid excess (fluid retention)