pbcerty BSN, RN

It could be abdominal compartment syndrome or an aggressive form of necrotizing fascitis. Thank you guys! Do you have any group to join to share knowledge and experience aside from allnurses?

Hi! I am a SICU/CVICU nurse in TX. Case Review: 23 yo GSW to abdomen s/p nephrectomy, bowel resection, GI procedures. Post-op day 3 or 4 patient develop hypotension MAP 40’s, baseline HR 130-140’s Fever 102 started non-rebreather at 100% with saturat...

My argument also is that I think they cannot rule out PE here also just because the patient is showing signs of septic shock. There were no obvious signs of infection or intra-abdominal abscess on CT if I remember, but noted to have extravasation/ble...