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Infections in Trauma Patients

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Abstract

Infections are the most common complications after trauma with over 20% of trauma admissions developing sepsis during their hospital stay. Prompt identification of trauma patients with sepsis can help promote early interventions, decrease hospital length of stay, decrease health care costs and save lives. In this chapter, we aim to discuss the risk factors, prevention strategies, and evidence-based therapeutic interventions for the most common infections that occur after traumatic injuries.

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Van Erp, I.A.M., Mikdad, S.Y., Mendoza, A.E. (2021). Infections in Trauma Patients. In: Sartelli, M., Coimbra, R., Pagani, L., Rasa, K. (eds) Infections in Surgery. Hot Topics in Acute Care Surgery and Trauma. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-62116-2_18

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