Pre and post-operative care Flashcards
What does the consent form contain?
Patients name, signalment, and description. Surgical procedure to be preformed, and risk associated with the procedure.
What do preoperative lab tests normally include?
CBC, Glucose, total protien, blood urea nitrogen, alanine aminotransferase.
What is included in patient preparation?
Implement preanesthetic instructions, withold food and water prior to anasthesia, confirm patients identity and surgical procedure prior to being done
How often should an animal recovering from surgery and anesthesia be checked for TPR?
Every 10-15 min
What temp should an animal maintain during and after surgery?
above 97 degrees
What types of animals have increased risk for complications?
Neonatals, lean, and geriatric animals
What does PCV stand for?
Packed Cell Volume
What is a normal PCV in a dog?
34-55%
What does CBC stand for?
Complete Blood Count
What are two tests you can run to check for hemorrhaging?
PCV and CBC
What are clinical signs of hemorrhaging?
Pale mucos membranes, slow CRT, rapid respiration, abdominal bloating, swelling at surgical site.
What can cause seroma?
a postoperative patient who is overactive, extensive tissue damage during surgery, failure to appose all tissue layers during surgical procedure
How can you treat seroma?
Applying warm, moist compress or drain.
What is Dehiscence?
Sutures have failed
What is the ideal suture material? (4)
- maintains strength
- absorbs w/o inflammation
- easily manipulated and never slips
- does not infect or traumatize tissue
How long does Absorbable suture hold before it begins to loose it’s strength?
60 days
What is absorbable suture used for?
appose tissue inside the body and fast healing tissues, may cause inflammation
What is a tapered point needle used for?
Soft tissue
What is a cutting, inverted, and eliptron needle used for?
Tough tissues or skin
What is myofiliment suture?
Suture with only one strand
What is the disadvantage of myofiliment suture?
hard to handle with poor knot security
What is multifiliment suture?
multiple intertwined strands
what is a disadvantage of multifiliment suture?
causes trauma as it goes through the skin
What is the range of suture sizes?
10-0 to 5
What are the most often used suture sizes?
2-0 and 3-0 for small animals, 0 for large animals
what are the 4 common types of absorbable suture?
Surgical gut (multi), polygalactin 910 (multi), polyglycolic acid (multi), and polydioxanon (mono)
What is a downside to using surgical gut?
Causes inflammation
What are the 5 types of non-absorbable suture?
Silk (multi), Polymerized caprolactun (multi), polypropylene (multi), polyamide (multi), stainless steel (mono).
What are the two types of suture needles?
eyed and swaged
What are the sizes needles come in?
0-20
on a needle, the lower the number means what?
the bigger the needle
