The nurse should consider small blood clots in the client's gastric drainage after having subtotal gastrectomy as an expected event.
What is subtotal gastrectomy?
It is a procedur4e for the removal of early-stage gastric cancer located in the distal third of the stomach. It provides similar survival rates but better functional outcome than total gastrectomy.
Nutrition is received to the patient having this surgery through vein.
The operation and anaesthetic effects the vital organs and causes
- Internal bleeding
- Chest infection
- Acid reflux
- Thrombosis (blood clots)
- Nausea and vomiting
If the cancer is in the upper stomach, it is called a proximal gastrectomy
If the cancer is in the lower stomach, it is called a distal gastrectomy.
Hence, having blood clots after subtotal gastrectomy in the client's gastric drainage is an expected event.
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