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Soldiers injured during the Falklands campaign 1982. Sepsis in soft tissue limb wounds
Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps
|January 25, 2008
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The factors related to the development of sepsis in the soft tissue limb injuries sustained by soldiers during the Falkland 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.
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