Sepsis in soft tissue limbs wounds in soldiers injured during the Falklands Campaign 1982.
The factors related to the development of sepsis in the soft tissue limb injuries sustained by soldiers during the Falklands Campaign have been assessed. Delay in surgery and delay in antibiotic administration are the most important factors, and where delay in surgery is inevitable, delay in antibiotic administration assumes an even greater importance.
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005121:Extremities / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008887:Military Medicine; D013997:Time Factors; D006113:United Kingdom; D014857:Warfare; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000517:prevention & control
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents