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Severe infection in bone, bone marrow, and surrounding soft tissue
Osteomyelitis
Modt common bacteria: staphylococcus auresus
Constant pain that increases with activity
Swelling, tenderness, and warmth
Osteomyelitis symptoms Restricted movement
Fever, night sweats, chills, rextlness, nausea,
IV antibiotics
Surgical removal ( chronic)
Cast or braces
Osteomyelitis treatment Negative pressure wound therapy
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy
Muscle flaps, bone grafts, skin grafts
Amputation
Immobilation
Assess and treat pain and muscle spasm
Sterile dressing change
Nursing care for osteomyelitis
Proper support and reposition of extremity
Prevent complications of immobility
Make sure patient finished antibiotics
Hip
Femoral shaft
tibial
Fractures Pelvic
facial
mandibular
stable vertebral
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-minor to life threatening
pelvic fracture -might have intraabdominal injury, compartment syndrome, paralytic ileus, spesis,
FES, or VTE
abdominal swelling
tenderness
pelvic fracture symptoms deformity
unusual pelvic movement
bruising
x-ray
how to see pelvic fracture
CT scan
stable- nondisplaced
pelvic treatment
complex-displaced
careful handling/moving
nursing care for pelvic assess bowel and bladder
neurovascular assessment
external rotation, muscle spasm, shortening of affected extremity, severe pain, and
hip fracture tenderness
-displaced fracture may lead to avascular necrosis of femoral head
hip treatment surgery
elevate leg to reduce edema
-maintain limb alignment with pillows when turning to nonoperative side
-trapeze
nursing care for hip -physical therapy
-exercise
-hemiarthroplasty or THR by posterior apprroach
-avoid hyperextension
occur from severe dorect force and usually have adjacent soft tissue damage; blood
femoral shaft fracture
loss may also occur
pain
deformity
manifestations of femoral shaft
angulation
shortening of extremity and inability to move the hip or knee
surgery
treatment of femoral shaft internal fixation
external fixation
stron force need to cause this
tibial fracture
common site for stress fracture
neurovascular assessment every 2 hours for 48 hours
nursing care for tibial crutch walking
home nursing to monitor progress
stable vertebral fracture often confined to vertebral body
pain and tenderness
kyphotic deformity
stable vertebral manifestations
lordosis
cervical spine involvement
maintain alignment until union
nursing care of stable vertebral
assess for spinal cord trauma
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Science Medicine Surgery
Exam 4 NCOI
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Clinical Anesthesia Lecture 2 histori... wound care & burns PRCC Fundamentals Final Exam. Ch.... AAPC-
21 terms 14 terms 130 terms 25 terms
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Terms in this set (76)
Severe infection in bone, bone marrow, and surrounding soft tissue
Osteomyelitis
Modt common bacteria: staphylococcus auresus
Constant pain that increases with activity
Swelling, tenderness, and warmth
Osteomyelitis symptoms Restricted movement
Fever, night sweats, chills, rextlness, nausea,
IV antibiotics
Surgical removal ( chronic)
Cast or braces
Osteomyelitis treatment Negative pressure wound therapy
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy
Muscle flaps, bone grafts, skin grafts
Amputation
Immobilation
Assess and treat pain and muscle spasm
Sterile dressing change
Nursing care for osteomyelitis
Proper support and reposition of extremity
Prevent complications of immobility
Make sure patient finished antibiotics
Hip
Femoral shaft
tibial
Fractures Pelvic
facial
mandibular
stable vertebral
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-minor to life threatening
pelvic fracture -might have intraabdominal injury, compartment syndrome, paralytic ileus, spesis,
FES, or VTE
abdominal swelling
tenderness
pelvic fracture symptoms deformity
unusual pelvic movement
bruising
x-ray
how to see pelvic fracture
CT scan
stable- nondisplaced
pelvic treatment
complex-displaced
careful handling/moving
nursing care for pelvic assess bowel and bladder
neurovascular assessment
external rotation, muscle spasm, shortening of affected extremity, severe pain, and
hip fracture tenderness
-displaced fracture may lead to avascular necrosis of femoral head
hip treatment surgery
elevate leg to reduce edema
-maintain limb alignment with pillows when turning to nonoperative side
-trapeze
nursing care for hip -physical therapy
-exercise
-hemiarthroplasty or THR by posterior apprroach
-avoid hyperextension
occur from severe dorect force and usually have adjacent soft tissue damage; blood
femoral shaft fracture
loss may also occur
pain
deformity
manifestations of femoral shaft
angulation
shortening of extremity and inability to move the hip or knee
surgery
treatment of femoral shaft internal fixation
external fixation
stron force need to cause this
tibial fracture
common site for stress fracture
neurovascular assessment every 2 hours for 48 hours
nursing care for tibial crutch walking
home nursing to monitor progress
stable vertebral fracture often confined to vertebral body
pain and tenderness
kyphotic deformity
stable vertebral manifestations
lordosis
cervical spine involvement
maintain alignment until union
nursing care of stable vertebral
assess for spinal cord trauma
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