Surgical Management
Surgical Management ( 5 Questions)
A nurse is caring for a client who is experiencing postpartum hemorrhage due to bleeding vessels in her uterus that are not responding to other treatments.
Which of the following surgical management should the nurse expect to be performed on the client?
Manual removal of placenta or retained fragments under anesthesia is not a surgical procedure, but a manual technique that can be used to treat postpartum hemorrhage caused by retained placental tissue.
Repair of lacerations or hematomas under anesthesia is a surgical procedure that can be used to treat postpartum hemorrhage caused by genital tract trauma, not by bleeding vessels in the uterus.
Uterine tamponade with balloon catheter or gauze packing to compress bleeding vessels is not a surgical procedure, but a minimally invasive technique that can be used to treat postpartum hemorrhage caused by uterine atony or placenta accreta.
Uterine artery embolization to block blood flow to the uterus. This is a surgical procedure that can be used to control postpartum hemorrhage when medical management and other conservative surgical techniques have failed. Uterine artery embolization involves injecting small particles into the uterine arteries to occlude the bleeding vessels and reduce blood loss.
Uterine artery embolization to block blood flow to the uterus. This is a surgical procedure that can be used to control postpartum hemorrhage when medical management and other conservative surgical techniques have failed. Uterine artery embolization involves injecting small particles into the uterine arteries to occlude the bleeding vessels and reduce blood loss.
Choice A is wrong because manual removal of placenta or retained fragments under anesthesia is not a surgical procedure, but a manual technique that can be used to treat postpartum hemorrhage caused by retained placental tissue.
Choice B is wrong because repair of lacerations or hematomas under anesthesia is a surgical procedure that can be used to treat postpartum hemorrhage caused by genital tract trauma, not by bleeding vessels in the uterus.
Choice C is wrong because uterine tamponade with balloon catheter or gauze packing to compress bleeding vessels is not a surgical procedure, but a minimally invasive technique that can be used to treat postpartum hemorrhage caused by uterine atony or placenta accreta.