55) A 64-year-old diabetic male undergoes a right hemicolectom | Surgery videos & books
55) A 64-year-old diabetic male undergoes a right hemicolectomy for an adenocarcinoma of the cecum. On the first postoperative night, he becomes tachycardic and is noted to have a temperature of 102.8°F. His surgical incision is tender with erythema and murky…
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(A) begin broad-spectrum antibiotics, Tylenol, and a cooling blanket
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(B) open the wound and begin hyperbaric oxygen treatment
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(C) apply sterile warm compress over the incision and replace dressing
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(D) open the wound, send for Gram’s stain of the fluid and emergent radical debridement
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(E) postoperative fever evaluation including sputum, urine, and blood cultures
