A client has an abscess in the mouth with a profuse amount of thick creamy white exudate. The nurse knows that this wound with necrotic cells is classified as:
A) Serous
B) Fibrinous
C) Suppurative
D) Membranous
Ans: D
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Membranous or pseudomembranous exudates develop on mucous membrane surfaces. It is an acute inflammatory response to a powerful necrotizing toxin with formation on a mucosal surface, of a false membrane composed of precipitated fibrin, necrotic epithelium, and inflammatory white cells. Serous exudate is a watery fluid. Fibrinous exudates contain fibrinogen and form a thick sticky meshwork. Suppurative exudate contains pus.
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