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Classroom classification

百科

Gas gangrene (clostridial myonecrosis)

传染科

Common symptoms

肌肉坏死、血压下降、候亚益、表情淡漠、谵妄、捻发音、烦躁不安、头晕、出冷汗

The pathology of disease

Gas gangrene (clostridial myonecrosis) is Clostridium perfringens muscle infection; severe pain; swelling; gas; systemic toxicity; emergency; surgery; high-dose penicillin; hyperbaric; surgical infection.

Symptoms

Severe pain; swelling; gas; known trauma; systemic toxicity; emergency; surgery

Causes

Clostridium perfringens; trauma; dirty wound; gas gangrene.

Treatment

Urgent debridement; penicillin + clindamycin; hyperbaric selected; ICU; surgical infection

Dept

Surgery / emergency / ICU / infectious disease.

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