EM Post Operative
Table Of Contents
Postoperative fever
| 5 Ws | Prevention |
| Wind – atelectasis – pneumonia | incentive spirometry pre-and post-op abx |
| Water – UTI | short term Foley catheter use |
| Walking – DVT | early ambulation DVT prophy (anticoagulation, compression stockings) |
| Wounds – wound infection – abscess | |
| Wonder drugs – drug rxn |
