Exudate Types Overview

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What characterizes serous exudate?

  • Contains large amounts of necrotic debris
  • Clear or straw colored and thin (correct)
  • High in red blood cells
  • Thick and opaque appearance

What is another term for purulent exudate?

  • Pus (correct)
  • Sanguineous exudate
  • Serosanguineous exudate
  • Serous exudate

How can the color of purulent exudate vary?

  • Is always clear with no color variation
  • Only appears in shades of red
  • Lacks any cellular content
  • May have blue, green, or yellow tinges (correct)

What does sanguineous exudate indicate?

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What is a characteristic of serosanguineous exudate?

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Flashcards

Exudate

Fluid and dead cells that escape from blood vessels during inflammation, accumulating in tissues or on surfaces.

Serous Exudate

Thin, watery, and clear or straw-colored exudate with few cells. It is commonly found in mild inflammation.

Purulent Exudate

Thick exudate composed of many cells and necrotic debris, appearing opaque or milky. It is commonly known as pus.

Sanguineous Exudate

Exudate containing a large number of red blood cells, indicating significant vascular damage, resulting in the leakage of blood.

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Purosanguineous Exudate

Exudate containing both pus and blood.

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Study Notes

Exudate Types

  • Exudate is fluid and dead phagocytic cells leaking from blood vessels during inflammation, deposited in tissues or on surfaces.
  • Type and amount depend on tissue, inflammation severity/duration, and microorganism presence.
  • Three main types: serous, purulent, and sanguineous (hemorrhagic).

Serous Exudate

  • Associated with mild inflammation.
  • Clear or straw-colored, thin, watery appearance.
  • Few cells.
  • Example: fluid in a burn blister.

Purulent Exudate

  • Thicker than serous exudate.
  • Large quantity of cells and necrotic debris.
  • Usually opaque or milky.
  • Also called pus.
  • Formation called suppuration.
  • Pyogenic bacteria cause it (not all microorganisms).
  • Can vary in color (blue, green, yellow) depending on causative organism.

Sanguineous (Hemorrhagic) Exudate

  • Large number of red blood cells (RBCs).
  • Indicates severe capillary damage allowing RBC escape.
  • Bright color = fresh bleeding.
  • Dark color = older bleeding.
  • Common in open wounds.

Mixed Exudates

  • Common.
  • Serosanguineous: clear and blood-tinged drainage (e.g., surgical incisions).
  • Purulent-sanguineous: pus and blood (in infected/new wounds).

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