Mild pre-eclampsia is diagnosed when your blood pressure is only a little elevated, while severe pre-eclampsia is diagnosed with very high blood pressures and other symptoms, such as headache, abdominal pain, blood and liver abnormalities, and having a large amount of protein in your urine.
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3.Clean the skin around the catheter with a mixture of 1 part hydrogen peroxide and 1 part water. 4.Apply two 4Ë x 4Ë dressings over the insertion site and secure with adhesive tape or a transparent dressing. 5.For a suprapubic catheter, gently curve the catheter and tape it to the skin to prevent the catheter from moving back and forth (see Figure A). 6.For a nephrostomy tube, make sure the catheter is secured properly to the flank and hip (see Figure B). 7.Make sure the catheter or tube is well secured and not kinked. Collection Devices