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Ideas? what nursing diagnosis would indicate the need for using a wound vac?

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Dr. James Burns answered

Specializes in Emergency Medicine

Post surgical: Dehiscence, tunneling wounds, undermining wounds, deep wounds with significant amount of drainage are a few examples that could benefit from npwc or vac.

Answered 4/22/2014

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