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Revista Archivo Médico de Camagüey
On-line version ISSN 1025-0255
Abstract
PINON-GARCIA, Karell; CABRERA-ALMARALES, Claudio; CORREA-BORRELL, Mayda and POZO-ROMERO, José Antonio. Anesthesia in a patient with an infected wound by a canine bite. AMC [online]. 2022, vol.26 Epub Apr 05, 2022. ISSN 1025-0255.
Introduction:
Dog bite wounds affect individuals of all ages. Sometimes the anesthesiologist must face the care of patients with this condition.
Objective:
To describe the anesthetic behavior in a patient who received urgent surgical treatment due to an infected wound by dog bite.
Case report:
56-year-old female patient, white skin color, with a history of hypertension under treatment, who attended due to an infected wound on the left lower limb due to a canine bite. Antimicrobial treatment was indicated and two days later, by the administration of general orotracheal anesthesia, the lower limb was amputated. The postoperative period was uneventful.
Conclusions:
Limb amputation in patients with canine bite is infrequent and the administration of general orotracheal anesthesia for anesthesiological management ensures the efficacy of surgical treatment.
Keywords : SURGICAL WOUND/complications; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL.