A Randomized Controlled Trial on Intra-Abdominal Irrigation during Emergency Trauma Laparotomy; Time for Yet Another Paradigm Shift
Author(s) -
Hassan Mashbari,
M. Hemdi,
Kevin L. Chow,
James C. Doherty,
Gary J. Merlotti,
Steven Salzman,
Eduardo SmithSingares
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
bulletin of emergency and trauma
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2322-3960
pISSN - 2322-2522
DOI - 10.29252/beat-060203
Subject(s) - medicine , laparotomy , surgery , evisceration (ophthalmology) , randomized controlled trial , randomization , incidence (geometry) , mortality rate , liter , injury severity score , sepsis , poison control , injury prevention , emergency medicine , physics , alternative medicine , pathology , optics
To determine the optimal volume of abdominal irrigation that will prevent surgical site infections (both deep and superficial), eviscerations and fistula formations; and improve 30-day mortality in trauma patients.
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