Feb 28, 2016 · Sanguineous is bloody, serosanguinous is blood mixed with serous drainage (more watered down bloody/ more pinkish in color) and serous drainage is usually clear yellowish or straw …

Nov 21, 2008 · Serous fluid is clear, straw colour to almost orange. Serosang is a mixture of serous fluid and blood. Chest tube drainage can also be cloudy, which suggests a chylothorax or lymph leaking …

Nov 12, 2008 · serous - watery like fluid Sanguineous - bloody fluid. serosanguinous - bit o' both.

Feb 21, 2007 · When surgery (thoracic or cardiac) is performed and one of the balloons looses air and the space between it and the glass fills with serous and or bloody drainage. This drainage must have …

Sep 30, 2015 · A shadow of blood is common on the original surgical dressing. Drainage refers to continued oozing of frank blood, serous or purulent fluid after the immediate post op period.

May 1, 2018 · Typically you would expect mediastinal or mediastinal/pleural drainage after OHS to drop to less than 100ml per 8 hour period by day 2 or 3. Fluid overload can increase the 'leaking' of …

Feb 19, 2007 · Depends on what type of wound. For surgical wound I try to remember REEDA-Redness, Edema, Ecchymosis, Drainage, Approximation. I also try to chart if there is any odor from the site. …

Jul 3, 2016 · Question: You are totalling intake and output for 8 hours shift. There is 240 ml of serous fluid in the drainage system at 2.200. At 2pm this was 190 ml. How mu...

Apr 7, 2016 · My co-worker placed a PICC for a patient who suffers osteomyelitis and needs long term antibiotic. The insertion site started a little leaking fluid after 4 day...

May 17, 2009 · I have a pt who is draining copious amounts of serous fluid from his arm. The problem is, we can't seem to find anything that will conatin the drainage. Right now we are changing the dressing …