title: Emergency management of difficult wounds: part II.
abstract: Difficult wounds constitute a significant amount of the morbidity and mortality emergency physicians face on a daily basis. There are specific traumatic and atraumatic wounds that are difficult to manage and have a high risk of complications. Emergency physicians must be able to identify these high-risk wounds and patients and take steps to mitigate further morbidity and mortality.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Madigan Army Medical Center, Building 9040, Fitzsimmons Drive, Tacoma, WA 98431, USA. bradley.n.younggren@us.army.mil
authors.forename: Bradley N
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Younggren
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Denny
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003646:Debridement; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D019115:Fasciitis, Necrotizing / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation; D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous