Saddleback College Nursing N172 Midterm; Osteomyelitis Questions and Answers Grade A+
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Course
N172
Institution
N172
What is osteomyelitis?
Severe infection of the bone, bone marrow, and surrounding soft tissue
Most common causative agent of osteomyelitis
Staphlococcus aureus
Two ways an osteomyelitis infection can occur
direct (open wound directly to site of bone, implants)
indirect (pathogen carrie...
✓ usually within a bone (not directly at edge of bone - may be
surrounded by healthy bone, which makes it very difficult to access
and tx with therapies)
Risk of a sequestrum
✓ may serve as a reservoir for micro organisms can spread to other sites
Acute osteomyelitis has what period of duration
✓ less than one month
local sx/sx of acute osteomyelitis
Master01 | October, 2024/2025 | Latest update
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