1 Management
1 Management
1 Management
Vacuum dressings
Antibiotics
ractures
Open fractures Extent of
Prophylactic
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13.9–2.7%
13 9–2 7% are wound and n ury
antibiotic
ant b ot c Injury
decrease in
n contaminated
contam nated by degree
degree of
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therapy definition “earlyy
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sepsis
seps s rate contam nat o
proven treatment” n
Practice protocols
• Cephalosporin
• Aminoglycoside or alternative
gram negative coverage
• Penicillin (farm/soil/ischemia)
Take-home messages: the “big 5”
• Treat as an emergency
• Early closure
• Antibiotics
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