Abdominal distension on the nursing care of vertebral fractures.docVIP

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 7 Abdominal distension on the nursing care of vertebral fractures [Keywords:] bloating nursing vertebral fractures Vertebral fractures, is a more severe clinical and complex trauma, fractures of the body about 5% to 6%, to more common thoracolumbar fractures. Fractures can be complicated by spinal cord or cauda equina injury. In which a dislocation of cervical spine fracture with spinal cord injury, can seriously disabling or even life-threatening. abdominal distension are the early symptoms of spinal fracture is one prominent .2008 November since we work in the nursing approach is better, 66 cases are reported below. 1 General Information 66 cases of spinal fracture patients, male 25, female 41 cases of .50 years of age in 11 cases, 46 cases over 50 years old, 60 years old in 9 cases. 2 cases of cervical and lower thoracic in 27 cases, 34 cases of lumbar and sacral vertebrae in 3 cases. 64 cases of abdominal pain and distention with about 97%. bloating abdominal pain disappeared within 48 hours after injury, 26 cases within 72 hours after injury, 29 cases of disappearance, disappeared within 5 days after injury, 6 cases, the disappearance of more than 1 week 5 cases. 2 nursing 2.1 pretty good idea: Ask toilet situation on admission, food situation. Learn abdominal distension level, to understand the extent of fractures and injuries is estimated that the number of days the bloating continues, good explanation. 2.2 voiding time: to keep abreast of the situation of bladder filling, encourage patients to urinate, to help sideways urination, urinary flow lead, urine solutions eliminate interference factors in the indoor, if necessary, acupuncture Sanyinjiao, in a very, Guan Yuan and other points, a small number of patients can catheterization. 2.3 Early purge: Proposed hospital began the first prescription laxative agent such as Maren Pills taking small doses of purgative agents, such as flooding Fan X