Dr. Mohammed Hatem Alsubaih · Consultant Colorectal Surgeon

CLINICAL DECISION PATHWAY

Postoperative symptom analysis

Pain, bleeding, fever, urination, vomiting and wound findings by postoperative timing.

Red flags firstDecision-changing questionsPattern-based resultNext step

For adults: educational guidance to understand your next step and prepare for examination. An urgent warning appears immediately; you may continue documenting your history, but do not delay urgent care to finish the questionnaire.

Tool limits: Structures clinical reasoning, priority and missing information. It does not diagnose disease or choose an operation.

BEFORE YOUR VISIT

Before contacting your surgical team

Have the procedure name and date, discharge instructions and medicine list ready. Describe the trend: what is improving or worsening, and whether you can drink and urinate. Do not wait to collect this information if an urgent feature appears. The summary is not permission to stop an anticoagulant, change analgesia or postpone a review requested by your team.

What will you take away?

A next-step guide, discussion points, preparation list and a summary to copy or save for any clinician you choose.

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Question guide: how each answer changes the differential

New shortness of breath, chest pain or one-sided leg swelling?

This question separates expected recovery from complications such as bleeding, infection, retention, obstruction or dehydration.

Bleeding?

This question separates expected recovery from complications such as bleeding, infection, retention, obstruction or dehydration.

Urination?

This question separates expected recovery from complications such as bleeding, infection, retention, obstruction or dehydration.

Persistent vomiting/marked distension?

This question separates expected recovery from complications such as bleeding, infection, retention, obstruction or dehydration.

Can you drink and keep fluids down?

This question separates expected recovery from complications such as bleeding, infection, retention, obstruction or dehydration.

Time since surgery?

This question separates expected recovery from complications such as bleeding, infection, retention, obstruction or dehydration.

Procedure type?

This question separates expected recovery from complications such as bleeding, infection, retention, obstruction or dehydration.

Fever/chills?

This question separates expected recovery from complications such as bleeding, infection, retention, obstruction or dehydration.

Pain trend?

This question separates expected recovery from complications such as bleeding, infection, retention, obstruction or dehydration.

Were you improving before the pain worsened again?

This question separates expected recovery from complications such as bleeding, infection, retention, obstruction or dehydration.

Increasing swelling/spreading redness/pus?

This question separates expected recovery from complications such as bleeding, infection, retention, obstruction or dehydration.

Has the wound opened or developed a new concerning change?

This question separates expected recovery from complications such as bleeding, infection, retention, obstruction or dehydration.

Passed gas or stool?

This question separates expected recovery from complications such as bleeding, infection, retention, obstruction or dehydration.

Marked or increasing abdominal distension?

This question separates expected recovery from complications such as bleeding, infection, retention, obstruction or dehydration.

Do you currently have a stoma/ostomy?

This question separates expected recovery from complications such as bleeding, infection, retention, obstruction or dehydration.

How has stoma output changed compared with usual output or your team’s instructions?

This question separates expected recovery from complications such as bleeding, infection, retention, obstruction or dehydration.

Any marked thirst with clearly reduced urine volume or dizziness on standing?

This question separates expected recovery from complications such as bleeding, infection, retention, obstruction or dehydration.

If you have a drain, has its output changed?

This question separates expected recovery from complications such as bleeding, infection, retention, obstruction or dehydration.

Severe constipation/no bowel movement causing significant concern?

This question separates expected recovery from complications such as bleeding, infection, retention, obstruction or dehydration.

Blood thinner or strong opioid?

This question separates expected recovery from complications such as bleeding, infection, retention, obstruction or dehydration.

Have you contacted the surgical team about these symptoms?

This question separates expected recovery from complications such as bleeding, infection, retention, obstruction or dehydration.

Sources and how they are used

Guidelines and official patient information support the medical principles. Question wording and priority categories are educational adaptations, not a society-validated instrument. No ASCRS, ECCO or NICE endorsement is claimed. Referral and testing systems vary by country. Reference-link checks: 9 September 2026; this is not human clinical review or clinical performance validation.

Privacy and assessment scope

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