Case List History Objectives Radiology Images Questions POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS Case #1 - This 70 year old female underwent emergency sigmoid resection and colostomy DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: 1.) What further history is needed? Further history needed: review of intake and output record since admission, details of operative procedure (?damage control procedure in which the operation was cut short and/or the fascia left open), drugs (recent and present, ?on pressors now), preexisting comorbidities (heart disease, renal disease, diabetes as examples), period of shock before or in the operating room.
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