A 325-lb male is scheduled for a 6-hour abdominal surgery.While assessing the patient in the preoperative holding area,the perioperative nurse is concerned about the risk for pressure injury because of the weight of the patient's body pressing against the surface of the operating room (OR)bed for a long surgery.Which of these other factors may also produce pressure?

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Pressure comes from the weight of the body as gravity presses it downward toward the surface of the bed.Pressure also comes from the weight of equipment resting on or against the patient,such as drills,Mayo stands,surgical instruments,rigid edges of the OR bed or its attachments,or vertical posts for self-retaining retractors.Positioning devices,such as stirrup bars,leg or arm holders,and edges of laminectomy frames,can rest or press against the patient under tension.

A 325-Lb Male Is Scheduled for a 6-Hour Abdominal Surgery