Care of Surgical Patients Flashcards
What are the Risk factors for having surgery?
Diabetes
Advanced age with inactivity
Very young age
Malnutrition
Dehydration
Obesity
Cardiovascular problems
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Substance use disorder or alcohol use Disorder
Smoking
Regular use of certain drugs
Excessive fear
What is an elective surgery
Voluntary
Example: Hernia repair that is scheduled a week away
What is an Emergency Surgery
Necessary in trauma cases in which serious consequences will occur if surgery is not done immediately
What is Palliative surgery
Surgery to relieve pain or complications to make a patient more comfortable.
Example: Removing a metastatic tumor to help pain
What is Diagnostic Surgery?
Done to provide data for a diagnosis of the problem.
Example: Biopsy of a mass
Reconstructive surgery
Done to restore appearance or function
Example: Mammoplasty after mastectomy
Curative surgery
Alleviates (cures) a problem
Example: Gallbladder removed full of stones causing blockage or pain
Who is at risk for surgical site infection
All patients
Lysis:
Removal or destruction of
Anastomosis:
Joining of two parts, ducts, or blood vessels
Ostomy:
Furnishing with a mouth or an outlet (Colostomy: Creating an outlet from the body for the colon)
Ectomy:
Cutting out of off (Colectomy: cutting out part of the colon)
Ostomy:
Cutting into (thoracotomy: Cutting into the chest cavity)
Plasty:
Revision, Molding, or repair of tissue (Mammoplasty: Revision of the breast)
Pexy:
Fixation, Anchoring in place (orchiopexy: Fixation of an undescended testicle in the scrotum)
