Jp drain

[Matthew89]

Hello! Has anyone ever seen a dark brown JP drain output? It was serousanguinous for a couple days and not its dark brown. My patient has two. One one became dark brown like chocolate syrup and then overnight the other one became dark brown but then cleared up to serous. I asked the surgeon. He said he is confused about it. Patient had SP appendectomy. Im not sure but I kinda feel this is urgent but the doc said he wants to wait a couple of days and reassess. 

[Been there,done that, ASN, RN]

You have notified the surgeon. Even he says he is a little confused. Old blood can turn dark brown. Keep observing for the  usual post-op complications.