Dyspnea after nephrectomy should be alert to the emergence of pulmonary embolism, lung infection, heart failure, anemia.
1. Pulmonary embolism: patients after nephrectomy, bedridden, are high-risk factors for pulmonary embolism, such as the combination of dyspnea symptoms should be more alert to the occurrence of pulmonary embolism, need to improve the pulmonary artery angiography to understand the presence of pulmonary embolism, improve the heart, lower extremity venous ultrasound to understand the risk of pulmonary embolism grading and to look for the source of thrombus.
2. Lung infection: after nephrectomy, bed-ridden, immunity decline, easy to combine with lung infection, such as fever, cough, yellow sputum, dyspnea and other symptoms, need to improve the chest CT or chest X-ray to understand the situation of the lungs.
3. Heart failure: after nephrectomy, the water-sodium metabolism in the body is affected, water-sodium retention, heart failure, BNP, cardiac enzymes and other related laboratory tests need to be improved, such as the combination of heart failure, need to be diuretic cardiac failure and other active correction of heart failure.
4. Anemia: after nephrectomy, the body produces erythropoietin reduction, hematopoiesis will be affected by anemia, resulting in respiratory difficulties, the need to improve the blood routine, anemia, such as anemia, severe anemia, the need to supplement erythropoietin or even blood transfusion.
Warm reminder: dyspnea after nephrectomy, there are many reasons, you need to consult the hospital in a timely manner, to clarify the cause of dyspnea, as soon as possible to comply with the doctor’s instructions for treatment.