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Shawna is a 45-year-old woman with cancerous abdominal tumor. She has been on chemotherapy and is having radiotherapy to shrink the tumor. She will be undergoing surgery to remove the tumor.
 
  To best facilitate wound healing, when is the best time for her to undergo surgery? A. During the radiotherapy treatments
  B. Immediately after the radiotherapy treatments
  C. 2 to 3 weeks after radiotherapy treatments
  D. 4 to 6 weeks after radiotherapy treatments

Question 2

Misty is a nurse who works in surgery. She knows that pulmonary embolisms can be a deadly complication of surgery. Which of the following patients is most likely to develop a pulmonary embolism?
 
  A. 45-year-old patient after bariatric surgery
  B. 23-year-old patient with head trauma
  C. 13-year-old patient after appendectomy
  D. 57-year-old patient after cholecystectomy



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Answer to Question 1

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The patient with cancer may have radiotherapy before surgery to reduce the size of a cancerous tumor to remove it surgically. Radiation causes fibrosis and vascular scarring in the radiated area. This causes tissues to become fragile and poorly oxygenated, increasing the risk for wound infection. Ideally surgery takes place 4 to 6 weeks after the completion of radiation treatments to avoid wound-healing problems.

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Patients who are obese are more susceptible to developing embolism postoperatively than patients who are not obese.





 

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