I live life with a lot of ”accessories.” Some, like my central line, pose a constant threat, including the dangers of sepsis and blood clots. Some are annoying — my leaky feeding tube I can’t do ...
A stoma is an opening made in the skin in front of your neck to allow you to breathe. The opening is made at the base of your neck. Air goes in and out of your windpipe (trachea) and lungs through ...
Wicked problems are problems with many interdependent factors making them seem impossible to solve. Because the factors are often incomplete, in flux, and difficult to define, solving wicked problems ...
These patients are often labeled as having 'ileostomy diarrhea'. The situation is the same for a patient with a high enterocutaneous fistula without abdominal sepsis. The problems of fluid balance ...