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Nursing care to client submitted to fasciotomy- experience report
oleh: Rodrigo Marques da Silva, Rhea Silvia de Ávila Soares, Laura de Azevedo Guido
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Diterbitkan: | Universidade Federal de Santa Maria 2011-10-01 |
Deskripsi
This study describes the nursing care and coverage and products used in a patient who underwent fasciotomy and its evolution. This is an experience report conducted from March to May 2010. The cleaning was made with Prontosan and vaseline gauze was used to maintain to healing humidity ideal. On the 5th postoperative day, replaced the vaseline gauze by calcium alginate due to the large volume exudate. Twenty days later, switched to the alginate by vaseline gauze, hydrogel or associated with Collagenase, due to reduction of exudation. Remained the conduct even reduce the muscle swelling and infection control for grafting. Then, we used vaseline gauze and topic PVPI in the donor area and vaseline gauze and Medium Chain Triglycerides in the recipient. Has concluded that nurses are responsible for the appointment of the treatment given and that the standardization of conduits and their records provide continued assistance and provided care evaluation