A 25-year-old male is in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) following a motor vehicle crash (MVC) where he sustained multiple life-threatening...

Question Answered step-by-step A 25-year-old male is in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit(SICU) following a motor vehicle crash (MVC) where he sustained multiple life-threatening injuries including a ruptured spleen, chest trauma, and bilateral femur fractures. He has a triple lumen central venous catheter (CVC) for monitoring his central venous pressure, administration of medications and blood products, as well as total parenteral nutrition. Per hospital protocol, he is receiving an unfractionated heparin 1:1000 flush after administration of each of the triple antibiotics that have been ordered to maintain patency of the lumens. Seven days post injury, the APRN in the SICU is reviewing the patient’s morning labs and notes that his platelet count has dropped precipitously to 50,000 /mm3 from 148,000/mm3 two days ago. Hemoglobin and hematocrit are normal and there is no evidence of bleeding.What do you suspect is the cause of the thrombocytopenia? How would you treat it? Health Science Science Nursing NRNP 6566 Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)