Multiple Choice
A 49-year-old post-bariatric surgery patient is scheduled for a VASER®-assisted liposuction with tumescent infiltration.The tumescent is a solution of lactated Ringer's,lidocaine,and epinephrine.The perioperative nurse is aware that using more than 70 mL/kg of wetting solution for infiltration can lead to fluid overload.Select the most appropriate nursing action related to minimizing the risk of tumescent solution overload or disproportion to lipoaspirate.
A) The nurse will monitor the patient for syncope, cough, and bounding pulse.
B) The nurse will keep the tumescent solution cool and monitor fluid volumes.
C) The nurse will communicate and verify with the surgeon and/or anesthesia provider the total lipoaspirate and volume of wetting solution used.
D) The nurse will titrate the flow rate of the tumescent solution in coordination with aspirate outflow.
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