What is the role of postoperative indwelling drainage tube
In patients with drainage tube, pay attention to care.
⑴ keep the drainage pipe patency, always observe the observation, do not press and twist, folded into angle, so as not to affect the drainage. Also pay attention to the drainage tube fixed, to avoid displacement, prolapse.
⑵ application of drainage tube, it should be noted that the location of the drainage bottle can not be higher than the patient's mouth of the mouth. Move the patient, should first grip the drainage tube; drainage fluid more than half of the bottle, that should be dumped to prevent the high level caused by the countercurrent pollution.
⑶ pay attention to keep a variety of drainage tube and wound or mucosal contact parts of the clean, to prevent infection.
⑷ good drainage color, traits and the amount of records, and timely report to the doctor.
Clinical application of surgical drainage tube many types, and some for catheterization, and some for the wound, chest, brain, gastrointestinal tract, bile duct and so have the application.
Surgical drainage is the body tissue or body cavity accumulation of pus, blood, liquid guide to the outside, to prevent postoperative infection and affect the wound healing.
To prevent incision or intra-abdominal hemorrhage, fluid, causing infection or incision does not heal
