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purulent drainage

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purulent drainage
Wound care A drainage of material chock full of PMNs; pus-laden discharge


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Monitor your patient for signs and symptoms of wound infection, including redness, swelling, or foul-smelling, purulent drainage.
Two weeks after the initiation of home treatment, the patient's occipital wound had completely healed and the parietal wound had developed granulation tissue without residual purulent drainage (figure, A).
Purulent drainage was noted in 50% of cases, and a diagnosis of cellulitis was made for 67% of patients.
 
 
 
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