- Clamping the tube will increase
the pressure on the gastric sutures from a concentration of gas and fluid.
2. Consider this an expected event.
- As a result of the trauma of
surgery, some bleeding can be predictable for 4 to 5 hours.
3. Instill the tube with iced normal saline.
- Iced saline rarely is used
because it grounds for vasoconstriction, local ischemia, and a decrease in body
temperature.
4. Notify the client's surgeon of this finding
- This is not essential; this is
an anticipated occurrence.
Sweating is under the control of the sympathetic nervous system, which orchestrates the body's reaction to stressful situations and emergencies. The sympathetic nervous system activates the sweat glands through the chemical messenger acetylcholine.
