Gaar Earl
Department of Surgery, University of Louisville School of Medicine, 529 South Jackson Street, Louisville, KY 40202, USA.
Clin Occup Environ Med. 2006;5(2):369-80, viii. doi: 10.1016/j.coem.2005.11.004.
Prompt diagnosis and treatment of hand and upper extremity infections is imperative because they have the potential to be life threatening and pose a risk of functional impairment. Serious infections may result in prolonged hospitalization and resultant loss of productivity. The mainstay of treatment continues to be antibiotic therapy, heat, elevation, adequate surgical drainage, and débridement. Prompt specialty consultation should be obtained in cases in which there is a doubt about the diagnosis or when there is failure to improve in the face of seemingly appropriate treatment.
对手部和上肢感染进行及时诊断和治疗至关重要，因为它们有可能危及生命并造成功能障碍风险。严重感染可能导致住院时间延长，进而导致生产力损失。治疗的主要方法仍然是抗生素治疗、热敷、抬高患肢、充分的手术引流和清创。在诊断存疑或在看似适当的治疗后病情未改善的情况下，应及时寻求专科会诊。
