Chronic Osteomyelitis Case Study
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS
Red text - signs & symptoms manifested by the client. * - as evidenced by the biopsy result
Analysis: The client was diagnosed with chronic osteomyelitis on her 2nd confinement after she sought consult for a tender mass growth on her Right radius. Chronic osteomyelitis is an infection of the bone usually caused by extension of soft tissue infection, direct bone contamination from bone surgery or an open fracture or traumatic injury and hematogenous spread from other sites of infection. In the client’s case, it can possibly be traced to her history of fall approximately one year
Red text - signs & symptoms manifested by the client. * - as evidenced by the biopsy result
Analysis: The client was diagnosed with chronic osteomyelitis on her 2nd confinement after she sought consult for a tender mass growth on her Right radius. Chronic osteomyelitis is an infection of the bone usually caused by extension of soft tissue infection, direct bone contamination from bone surgery or an open fracture or traumatic injury and hematogenous spread from other sites of infection. In the client’s case, it can possibly be traced to her history of fall approximately one year