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: Don't be vague when assessing and charting the characteristics of wounds. This article reviews the critical components of a comprehensive assessment. ... Note the amount, color and consistency of wound drainage.
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www.medscape.com/viewarticle/493949
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(b) If wound is producing or containing pus (purulent) a drainage system is established or the wound is packed with gauze ... (2) Serous fluid has characteristics of serum ... Wound drainage systems...
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www.medtrng.com/blackboard/wound_care.htm
www.medtrng.com/blackboard/wound_care.htm
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What is wound drainage?; Wound drainage provides a way for unnecessary body fluids or air to flow out of the body from a wound. What is a wound drain?; After surgery, some patients require wound drains such as the one pictured above.
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www.icu-usa.com/tour/procedures/drains.htm
www.icu-usa.com/tour/procedures/drains.htm
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Characteristics: Traumatic or surgical wound, possible presence of serosanguineous drainage, pink to bright or dark red healing or chronic wou nds with granulating tissue; ... Wound drainage may be classified as:
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www.ms-information.org/medical/health-care-areas/surgic...
www.ms-information.org/medical/health-care-areas/surgical-ward/wound-care/wound-care-procedure.htm
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A portable, wound drainage, suction pump for extracting body fluids from wounds has a substantially rigid vessel, a top plate carrying an actuator member, a resilient diaphragm disposed in the vessel ... A portable, wound drainage, suction pump for extracting body fluids from wounds has a substantially rigid vessel,
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www.freepatentsonline.com/3809086.html
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3. The apparatus of Claim 2 in which the selective device comprises a member (302) having nonpolar surface characteristics for nonpolar attraction of fatty substances from a flow therepast but open to a flow of dissimilar wound drainage fluids, in which the member comprises a mat (302) of fibrous nonpolar...
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www.freepatentsonline.com/EP0205614.html
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Prolonged wound drainage resulted in a significantly longer hospital stay in both groups .... In order to consider all possible operative characteristics, ...
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www.ejbjs.org/cgi/content/full/89/1/33
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Doctors order wound drainage cultures when they suspect wounds are infected. ... A wound drainage culture is a test to detect germs such as bacteria, fungi, or viruses in an open wound or abscess (boil). Open wounds, in which the skin has been torn, cut, or punctured, can result from things such as falls, bites, or burns.
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kidshealth.org/parent/system/medical/wound_culture.html
kidshealth.org/parent/system/medical/wound_culture.html
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ConstaVac.TM. Closed Wound Drainage System, Stryker Instruments (2 pages).. Serry, Cyrus, et al., "Sternal Wound Complications: Management and Results," J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 1980, 80:861-867.. ... Tadych K., et al., "Postmastectomy seromas and wound drainage," Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics, Dec. 1987, 165(6):483...
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