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CCRN Critical Care Nursing

Category - Adult

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A patient who is 4 hours post operative for a surgical repair for gastrointestinal bleeding. Suddenly he begins to experience Dyspnea, chest pain and coughing up purulent sputum. What complication is he most likely experiencing?

Hypostatic pneumonia
Pneumothorax
Acute respiratory distress syndrome
Hypovolemic shock

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Answer: A - The condition that the symptoms of Dyspnea, chest pain and purulent sputum are a cause of is hypostatic pneumonia. A patient is at risk for this after surgery if they remain immobile, are breathing ineffectively and are unable to mobilize their respiratory secretions.

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