Patient's question:
Time: 2009, Main symptoms: Chest depression, Hospital visited: Lanzhou.Doctor's answer:
According to the temperature changes, add or remove clothes to prevent catching a cold. Guide the patients with funnel chest to practice effective coughing, expectoration, and diaphragmatic breathing, as well as bed-based urination and defecation. Prepare the surgical area and maintain skin cleanliness. Fast for 8 hours before surgery, avoiding food and water, to prevent aspiration pneumonia and suffocation caused by anesthesia or vomiting during the surgery. Keep the ward environment clean and quiet to ensure the child's sleep, and administer sedative and hypnotic drugs as prescribed by the doctor when necessary.2. Nutritional Support:
Due to the sternum compressing the heart, lungs, and esophagus, some patients with funnel chest may have delayed development, weak constitution, and are prone to respiratory infections. They may also experience food reflux after eating. Before funnel chest surgery, assess the child's nutritional status, explain the importance and necessity of preoperative nutritional support, and guide them to consume high-protein, high-calorie, and high-vitamin diets, such as meat, eggs, dairy products, fresh fruits, and vegetables. When necessary, administer intravenous fluids to supplement energy, vitamins, antibiotics, and hemostatic drugs.