GI – Patient THAO postoperative patient experiencing hypotension due to fluid volume deficit. Overview Lou Thao is a 43-year-old Vietnamese American male who has just been transferred from the postanesthesia care unit (PACU) to the medical-surgical unit for recovery following laparoscopic sigmoid...
During binitial Lou bis bexperiencing bfluid bvolume bdeficit. bHe bis balso bbeginning
bassessment bto bexperience bpostoperative bpain, b but bhis bprimary bcomplaints
bare brelated bto bfluid bdeficit. bUntil bfluids bare bgiven, bLou bshould
bexpress bworsening bdizziness, bthirst, band bweakness.
• I bam bdizzy band bfeel blike bI bcould bpass bout.
bThebroom bis bspinning baround.
• I bfeel bgroggy.
• I bam bvery bthirsty.
• I bdon't bfeel bright.
• Oh! bI bam bso bdizzy.
Lou's b pain b increases b throughout b the b scenario.
• The bpain bis babout b6 bon ba b10-point bscale
bandbconstant.
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