Abstract

CASTRO PACHECO, Berta Lidia; PONCE MARTINEZ, Layda; GONZALEZ RODRIGUEZ, Maritza  and  ALVAREZ MONTALVO, Deisy. Traumatism and sepsis. Rev Cub Med Mil [online]. 1997, vol.26, n.2, pp.129-140. ISSN 0138-6557.

The study of the relationship trauma-sepsis has a special importance for the physician who attends and takes care of the critically ill patient because the patient presenting with a traumatism and sepsis constitutes a paradigm in intensive care. The advances in the field of medical sciences and in the technology have allowed to understand better the biochemical and immunological mechanisms that ara clinically evidenced in different forms. The close trauma-systemic inflammatory response relationship was evidenced in the literature revised. An up-date of the immunological aspects of the systemic inflammatory response was performed, as well as of the risk factors in the traumatism and certain characteristics of the clinical septic shock.

Keywords : WOUNDS AND INJURIES [complications]; SHOCK SEPTIC; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; CRITICAL CARE; RISK FACTORS.