Question

6. A 72-year-old patient was recently admitted to a long-term care facility. At admission her weight was 120 pounds. Documenting her weekly weight in her chart, the nurse notes that she has had a 7-pound weight loss over the past 4 weeks. What significance does this finding have for the patient as she is scheduled for an elective bunionectomy?

nutrition

Answer 1

The patient in given case is experiencing unexplained weight loss, that is defined as the process where the 130 pounds man looses six to seven pounds over a month, the patient in this case weighs 120 pounds during admission and have lost around seven pounds in four weeks, mentioning the hydration and nutrition state it can be explained that illness can be a reason for weight loss but this is not resulting in excessive weight loss as in this case.

Bunionectomy is the surgery done to reduce the bony growth in any p[art of the body mostly including peripheries and toes. The consideration for this patient and current conditions indicate that he is having nutritional deficiency that is leading to weight loss and also concurrent fatigue that will be adverse for the surgical perspective.