Moderate amount of bloody drainage on surgical dressing

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Client is 1-day postoperative following abdominal surgery. Moderate amount of bloody drainage on surgical dressing. Provider notified of drainage and of 0730 hemoglobin and hematocrit levels. Prescription provided to transfuse 1 unit of packed RBCs.

Packed RBCs arrived from blood bank. Transfusion started.

Client reports feeling short of breath. Vital signs obtained. Client has a new cough. Lungs auscultated, crackles in bilateral lobes. Jugular distension noted. Urine output 150 mL in the last hr. Complete the following sentence by using the lists of options. The client is likely experiencing transfusion-associated circulatory overload as evidenced by the client's Select...

Reference no: EM133728640

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