title: Risk of wound infections in trauma patients.
abstract: Surgical incisions used to treat trauma wounds can be classified by risk of wound infection according to a modified system based on the NRC classification for surgical incisions. The wounds are classified by the amount of bacterial contamination and the time from injury to operative therapy as clean, clean-contaminated, and contaminated. The records of a total of 1,436 patients who had surgical therapy for traumatic wounds were reviewed. The infection rate for 331 clean wounds was 3.3 percent; for 855 clean-contaminated wounds, 10.5 percent; and for 250 contaminated wounds, 24.8 percent. These rates are similar to those seen with equivalent classes of elective operations.
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D011292:Premedication; D012306:Risk; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D013997:Time Factors; D014945:Wound Healing; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000601:surgery*; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents