Abdominal pain – nursing instructions

Article by Dr. CKII Bui Thu Huong – Head of Emergency Unit, Day Care – Children's Center – Share99 Times City International Health Hub.

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Abdominal pain is a very common condition in life, caused by many causes, depending on the case, the subject and the specific degree of abdominal pain will have different interventions and treatments.

1. Abdominal pain associated with dental diseases

For cases where abdominal pain is associated with medical diseases, it is necessary to:

  • Save follow-up at the clinic
  • Assess pain intensity and intensity
  • Monitoring survival function: Pulse, temperature, blood pressure, manifestations of shock
  • Previous history of abdominal surgery detected
  • Evaluation of accompanying signs of abdominal surgery: Abdominal obstruction, hearing intestinal movements, local pain points

2. Abdominal pain associated with medical diseases

For cases where abdominal pain is associated with medical medical diseases it is necessary to:

  • Save follow-up at the clinic
  • Assess pain intensity and intensity
  • Monitoring survival function: Pulse, blood pressure temperature, manifestations of shock
  • Evaluate the accompanying signs: Diarrhea, vomiting,abdominal obstruction, fever …

5-month-old with fever 38°C

Children with medical medical diseases often accompanied by signs such as fever or diarrhea

3. Ineffective breathing associated with pain, abdominal obstruction

For cases where the person is sick, abdominal obstruction leading to ineffective breathing needs to:

  • Assess your child's pain level on a pain scale
  • Assess the effects of pain that makes children dare not breathe
  • Instruct your child to take deep breaths and slow breathing
  • To the doctor to give reasonable treatment

4. Risk of epidemic deficiency associated with vomiting, abdominal pain, poor appetite

In case the patient is at risk of epidemic deficiency associated with vomiting, abdominal pain and poor appetite, it is necessary to:

  • Goal: Children balance the epidemic within normal limits
  • Urine volume 1-2ml/kg/hour
  • Capillary filling time 3-5 seconds
  • Wet mucous membranes and skin pinching folds lose quickly
  • Nursing interventions:
  • Weigh your child daily and monitor the amount of in and out of it appropriately
  • Assess signs of dehydration and notify your doctor when there is a change
  • Electrolynth tracking
  • Maintain intravenous transmission and infusion as ordered

infusion

Outbreak under the order immediately suspected children are much dehydration

5. Nutritional changes: Less than the body needs due to loss of appetite, vomiting

Where the patient changes in nutritional needs:

  • Accurately monitor the amount of in and out of the epidemic to assess the nutritional needs of the child
  • Weigh your child daily to assess nutrition
  • Plan meals with the advice of a dietitian
  • Encourage your child to eat if they do not have contrainments to oral nourishment

Perform intravenous nourishment as ordered

6. Parents' anxiety linked to ignorance of children's illnesses and treatments

  • Explain to parents in simple terms, write down information, draw diagrams …
  • Inform parents of plans to take diagnostic tests, monitor pain developments and determine the cause of abdominal pain.
  • Provide information about the disease when diagnosed

Learn more about the full blood formula test

Parents are consulted on testing plans to diagnose the cause of their child's abdominal pain

7. Children are anxious and stressed due to lying in hospital for treatment and monitoring

In case the child feels anxious, stressed when lying in treatment and monitored at the hospital, it is necessary to:

  • Explain and motivation
  • Talk to your child
  • Good cooperation with parents and caregivers

8. Children's parents are ignorance when monitoring and caring at home

  • How to care for your child at home
  • Provide information about signs to take your child for a check-up immediately
  • Nutritional guidelines for children at home

The pediatrics department at Share99 International Health Hub is the address to receive and examine the diseases that babies as well as young children are susceptible to: viral fever, bacterial fever, otitis media, pneumonia in children,… With modern equipment, ile space, minimize the impact as well as the risk of spreading the disease. Along with that is the dedication from experienced doctors to pediatric patients, making the examination no longer a concern of parents.

Customers can directly go to Share99 Health System nationwide for examination or contact the hotline HERE for assistance.

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About: John Smith

b1ffdb54307529964874ff53a5c5de33?s=90&r=gI am the author of Share99.net. I had been working in Vinmec International General Hospital for over 10 years. I dedicate my passion on every post in this site.

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