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Pathophysiology Case Study : Assignment

   

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TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3Analyse and discuss underlying pathophysiology and causes of patient's post-operative woundstatus............................................................................................................................................3Two main nursing priorities of care for the patient with justification........................................4Appropriate and safe nursing management of the patient for this case study.............................5CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7
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INTRODUCTIONPathophysiology can be defined as disordered psychological process that is mainlyassociated with any kind of wound, disease or injury which can further cause any kind ofinfection or further problems. It is important to perform complete psychological process in betterway so that further complications can be decreased (Wang, & Bellomo, 2017). This case study isabout an Italian lady Mrs. Gina Bacci who underwent a surgery because of some complicationsfrom a fight foot ulcer. However, even after surgery she had not recovered perfectly. So in thiscase study Pathophysiology and patients post operative wound status will be analysed. This casestudy will also lay emphasis on nursing priorities and safe nursing management of the patient indetails. MAIN BODYAnalyse and discuss underlying pathophysiology and causes of patient's post-operative woundstatusMrs Gina Bacci had a cold feed with pain and painful wounded area because her woundswere not stitched or closed properly she had dehiscence while dressing was done on the woundsand due to her type two diabetes her wounds were not able to heal properly and on the upperhand she was asked to weal offloading boots which kept her foot closed (Bloomer, & et.al.,2015). All these reasons together made her feet wounds area wet, painful with pinkish skin.Here her complete details are explained and discussed in details. In this case study, Mrs. Gina Bacci was admitted to the hospital for surgery due to thecomplications in right foot ulcer. And underwent surgery for the same. However, before thesurgery her medical conditions and history was seen and research and accordingly she wasadmitted and given the treatment before and at the time of surgery. She was a type II diabetespatient which was diagnosed six years ago, she suffered from PVD i.e. peripheral vasculardisease, she also suffered from obesity with BMI 40.4 mm (calculated with the help of her heightwhich was 165 cm and weight which was 110 Kg), which was way too much. Due to all suchreasons but mostly one of them was the main area of concern which was her diabetes and as aresult she was admitted to the hospital with the commencement of insulins (Verma, Patil, &Bhardwaj, 2018). After her surgery she was not supposed to see her surgeon for at least 2 weeksand was given certain medicines which were: Novorapid TDS 12 Units, Lantus 30 unites nocte,pregabalin 75 mg mane, Paracetamol 1 g QID. Also after her surgery she was asked to wear
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