After a car accident, a client is admitted to an acute care facility with multiple traumatic injuries, including a fractured pelvis. for 24 to 48 hours after the accident, the nurse must monitor the client closely for which potential complication of a fractured pelvis? compartment syndrome infection volkmann's ischemic contracture fat embolism submit answer

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Makena Hansen

11 November, 08:41

After a car accident, a client is admitted to an acute care facility with multiple traumatic injuries, including a fractured pelvis. for 24 to 48 hours after the accident, the nurse must monitor the client closely for which potential complication of a fractured pelvis? compartment syndrome infection volkmann's ischemic contracture fat embolism submit answer

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Caylee Novak · Answer 1

The answer is fat embolism. A fat embolism is an embolus completed up of fatty acids which is basically it is a splotch of fat that gets into the bloodstream and stuck in a blood vessel. This illness is hard to make a diagnosis and is mutual subsequent a major injury or trauma.