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How many pancreaticoduodenectomy patients develop the complication known as delayed gastric emptying?
This complication occurred in 19% of patients in the Johns Hopkins study.
What is major electrolyte lost through nasogastric suctioning?
The major electrolyte lost through nasogastric suctioning is chloride. This can lead to metabolic alkalosis if not properly monitored and corrected. It is important to monitor electrolyte levels, especially chloride, in patients undergoing nasogastric suctioning to prevent potential complications.
One complication that pediatric burn patients are especially susceptible to is?
hyperthermia
Why is bronchospasm contraindicated for suctioning?
Bronchospasm is contraindicated because the suction tubing when it comes into contact with the airway walls can cause further contraction of the airways and reduce the patients ability to breath more that the effect the mucus that the suctioning is trying to clear.
How do you calculate complication rates?
To calculate complication rates, you take the total numbers of complications from a certain period and divide by the total number of patients.
What care do laryngeal diphtheria patients need?
Patients with laryngeal diphtheria are kept in a croup tent or high-humidity environment; they may also need throat suctioning or emergency surgery if their airway is blocked.
How serious is pneumonic plague?
If untreated, half the patients will die; if blood poisoning occurs as an early complication, patients may die even before the buboes appear.
What does a liposuction Dr. do?
"A liposuction doctor is also called a plastic surgeon. A doctor who is a plastic surgeon fixes ""problems"" on patients. Liposuction is removing fat by the process of suctioning it out of the body."
What form of pain do leprosy patients suffer from?
Although patients with leprosy are commonly thought not to suffer pain, neuroapthic pain caused by inflammation of peripheral nerve endings is increasingly recognized as a major complication of the disease in many patients.
What is the formula to calculate complication and infection rate?
the number of complications in a certain period divided by the total number of patients for the same period
Is a liver transplant a treatment for Wilson disease?
Patients may be given a liver transplant in the event of liver failure as a complication of WD.
How many measles patients who develop encephalitis die?
Many patients (about 5-15%) develop other complications.
