WSES/GAIS/WSIS/SIS-E/AAST Global Clinical Pathways for Patients With Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
Document Type
Article
Original Publication Date
2022
Journal/Book/Conference Title
World Journal of Emergency Surgery
Volume
17
Issue
3
DOI of Original Publication
10.1186
Date of Submission
September 2023
Abstract
Skin and soft-tissue infections (SSTIs) encompass a variety of pathological conditions that involve the skin and underlying subcutaneous tissue, fascia, or muscle, ranging from simple superficial infections to severe necrotizing infections.
Together, the World Society of Emergency Surgery, the Global Alliance for Infections in Surgery, the Surgical Infection Society-Europe, The World Surgical Infection Society, and the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma have jointly completed an international multi-society document to promote global standards of care in SSTIs guiding clinicians by describing reasonable approaches to the management of SSTIs.
An extensive non-systematic review was conducted using the PubMed and MEDLINE databases, limited to the English language. The resulting evidence was shared by an international task force with different clinical backgrounds.
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VCU Surgery Publications
Comments
Originally published at https://doi.org/10.1186/s13017-022-00406-2