Pérez AIC, Leyva MNR, Braña HA, Garayalde SDC, Pupo GRA

Language: Spanish
References: 6
Page: 329-335
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ABSTRACT

A 66 year old patient admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of the "Princesa Margarita" Hospital in Roseau, Dominica, with a diagnosis of osteoarthritis was presented. The patient was referred to the unit after surgery with complete prosthetic left knee replacement. He arrived sleepy, though conscious, oriented, cooperative, responsive to the call, with isochoric and reactive to light pupils, spontaneously breathing. He also presented wound covered with sterile dressing on the left knee with surgical drainage, hydrated through permeable peripheral vein in the region of the left forearm. Since the first 24 h the patient was stable, with normal vital parameters, gradually recovered motility and joint function of the operated knee. After five days of stay in the service the patient started to walk and continued a favorably evolution, so the doctors decided to discharge him.

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