Infections in the critical surgical patient. What should the surgeon know?

Abstract

The current surgeon should have extensive knowledge to manage critical patients with surgical pathologies of infectious aetiologies, which must integrate proper initial management, classification and determination of prognosis, empirical or specific antibiotic therapy certera and early, correct surgical control of the infectious focus. The surgeon must also have anatomical, physiological and physiophatological knowledge of the problem he or she faces. In this way, in conjunction with the fundamental multidisciplinary team, it will be able to offer a true therapeutic alternative to its patients, minimizing the high rate of morbidity and mortality presented by individuals in critical condition.