Surgical Infections Scheartz 5 item quiz.pptx

pop quiz on surgical infection

1. Surgical Infections Angeli Andrea S. Cocos-Alcantara, MD, DPBS Breast and General Surgeon

2. Pop Quiz The reported penicillin allergy incidence ranges from 0.7% to 10%. Source control is a key concept in the treatment of most surgically relevant infections. Robert Koch provided the underpinnings of modern microbiology, known as the “germ theory”. The key to good outcomes in patients with necrotizing soft tissue infection is administration of broad-spectrum antibiotics. Septic shock is defined as life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection.