The Patient Is on Postoperative Day 1 After Having Undergone

question 29

Multiple Choice

The patient is on postoperative day 1 after having undergone a TURP procedure. He has continuous bladder irrigation (CBI) . Actual urine output during continuous bladder irrigation is calculated by:

• A) measuring and recording all fluid output in the drainage bag.
• B) measuring the total output and deducting the total of the irrigating and intravenous solutions.
• C) adding the total of the intravenous and irrigating solutions and then deducting the amount of output.
• D) measuring total output and deducting the amount of irrigating solution used.

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Definitions:

Interatrial Septum

The wall of tissue that separates the right and left atria of the heart.

Septum Secundum

Second of two major septal structures involved in the partitioning of the atrium, arising later than the septum primum and located to the right of it; it remains an incomplete partition until after birth, with its unclosed area constituting the foramen ovale.

Foramen Rotundum

An opening in the sphenoid bone of the skull through which the maxillary branch of the trigeminal nerve passes.

Neural Tube

The precursor to the central nervous system in vertebrates, developing into the brain and spinal cord.