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NURSING CARE IN A SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME CASE SECONDARY VOLVULUS
GA Türker, Ç Toprak, G Konur, E Tarhan
NURSING CARE IN A SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME CASE SECONDARY VOLVULUS
Short transit time malabsorbtion and ineffeicient digestion are the characteristic feature of the short bowel syndrome which is seen after long segment intestinal resections. Malnutrition, diarhea and electrolite imbalance can also seen in this patients.
23 day- old male patient was eveluated for distantion and biliary vomiting in pediatry service and undergone to operation with the diagnose of volvulus, Ladd band excision was performed. He was accepted to new born surgery service after the operation. Second look surgery was performed after 24 hours. Because of wide necrotic segments in the small intestine resection, anastomosis were performed and a gastrostomy cathetere was placed. The patient has only 11 cm of small interstine after the surgery.
In the fist postoperative day patient was extubeted and was followed with a cantral cathetere, foley cathetere , gastrostomy and a penrose drain. His vital signs, abdominal distansion were followed up. Postoperative pain and infection control were done. Blood and plasma support were given and total paranteral nutrition was started. Stool was seen in the second day and he started to feed with dripe from gastrostomy tube in the sixth postoperative day. The extent of dripe feeding rate was increased according to daily gaita number and presence of reduction substance in the gaita examinations. Loperamide was ordered for diarrhoea and never stopped to give total parenteral nutrition support. He is still feeding with dripe with a speed of 7 cc per hour.
Cantral venous catheterization was performed 7 times during 10 mınth of follow up. Because of thrombose development secondary to cantral venous catheter anticoagulant treatment was started.
Parenteral nutrition is still continue from the way of pheripheric venous catheter because of cantral venouse cathetere can not place because of thrombose
The patient is in the transplantation list of a international transplantation center.
Nursing care in short bowel syndrome has a very important role in healthy development of patient in the long time before the definitive surgery.