4. Seroma
A seroma is a collection of liquefied fat, serum, and
lymphatic fluid under the incision. The fluid is usually clear,
yellow, and viscous and is found in the subcutaneous layer
of the skin
58. Type I hypoxic abnormal gas exchange
alveolar level low partial arterial
oxygen pressure (PaO2) normal partial arterial carbon
dioxide pressure (PaCO2)
ventilation-perfusion ( V/Q)
mismatching shunting
type I failure
pulmonary edema sepsis
59. Type II respiratory failure hypercapnia
low PaO2 high PaCO2
excessive narcotic use
increased carbon dioxide production altered respiratory dynamics
adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
62. history of heavy smoking
maintenance on home oxygen inability to walk one flight of stairs
without severe respiratory compromise major lung resection
older patients who are malnourished
pulmonary function tests
long-term bronchodilator therapy
63. posteroanterior and lateral chest
radiographs
arterial blood gas
PaO2 less than 60 mm Hg
PaCO2 is more than 45 to 50 mm Hg
66. more than 48 hours after admission
without antecedent signs of infection hospital-
acquired pneumonia.
• Extended intubation results in ventilator-associated pneumonia.
67. Health care–associated pneumonia
were hospitalized in the last 90 days
nursing facilities frequenting a hemodialysis unit
recent antibiotics chemotherapy wound
care.