oncogene  +  100725 Wed, 18 May 05 05:28 AM Hi, everybody! I watched a TV series named "greys anatomy", which is about medical interns. I didn't quite catch some sentences and need your help. In the 101, the chief asked interns to name the common causes of post-op fever and one of the intern Meredith answered "Wind, Water, Wound, Walking, Wonder drugs -- the five W's -- most of the time, it's Wind -- splinting or pneumonia." Would you please tell me what is "the 5 W's" and what the "splinting" means? thank you. oncogene Joined on Fri, Sep 17 2004 New Member 28 三军可夺帅 匹夫不可夺志

	abbie1948  +  100801 Wed, 18 May 05 11:58 AM Wind, Water, Walking, Wound, and Wonder Drugs. wind Pneumonia , due to immobility & inadequate lung expansion post-op, because of pain, and infection ("Splinting" may enter into this because of restricted mobility, but I cannot find splinting as a direct cause of post-op comps.) Atelectasis (can occur without pneumonia - a condition in which all or part of a lung becomes airless and contracts. Often seen in ventilated patients ) water usually refers to urinary tract infections, very common when urinary catheter in situ walking refers to restricted mobilty. Deep vein thrombiosis is a common complication, often treated prophylactically with heparin/ compression stockings wound the most common site for post-op infections wonder drugs Some drugs can cause fever; also consider MRSA, an increasing common hospital-acquired infection caused by over-use of antibiotics. womb In obstetrics and gynaecology this would be the primary site for infection, and comes above drugs. abbie1948 Joined on Thu, Mar 24 2005 England Senior Member 2,657 Hope that helps. Abbie

	abbie1948  +  101106 Thu, 19 May 05 10:10 AM MRSA Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, also known as "the hospital super-bug". You can read about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MRSA abbie1948