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itsmyluck

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Exposure to moisture leads to ___________________ _ of the skin, which increases the likelihood of skin breakdown.
 
  Fill in the blank with correct word.

Question 2

Your patient has a deep wound on the right hip, with tunneling at the 8 o'clock position extending 5 cm.
 
  The wound is draining large amounts of serosanguineous fluid and contains 100 red beefy tissue in the wound bed. Of the following, which would be an appropriate dressing choice?
  1) Alginate dressing
  2) Dry gauze dressing
  3) Hydrogel
  4) Hydrocolloid dressing



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joneynes

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Answer to Question 1

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maceration

Answer to Question 2

ANS: 1




itsmyluck

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Reply 2 on: Jul 22, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Gracias!

 

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