A Patient Returns from Surgery for Removal of a Pituitary

question 16

Multiple Choice

A patient returns from surgery for removal of a pituitary tumor that has not extended into the intracranial vault.The nurse observes a large amount of clear drainage from the nose.The nurse expects the physician to order a glucose test of the drainage to confirm

• A) that infection has not occurred.
• B) that a shift in osmolality has not occurred.
• C) that the drainage is postoperative serous drainage.
• D) that the drainage is CSF from a cerebrospinal leak.

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