Antibiotics after puncture wounds to the foot
- Report By: Magnus Harrison - Clinical Reseach Fellow
- Search checked by Martin Thomas - Research Fellow
- Institution: Manchester Royal Infirmary
- Current web editor: Minnie Alexander - Senior Information Officer
- Date Submitted: 1st March 2000
- Date Completed: 11th December 2000
- Last Modified: 10th January 2002
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Status:
Green (complete)
Three Part Question
In [patients presenting with pedal puncture wounds] does the [administration of antibiotics] reduce [infective complications]?Clinical Scenario
A 32 year old man presents with a pedal puncture wound, which was sustained 4 hours prior to attending the emergency department. You wonder whether antibiotics should be prescribed to reduce infective complications.Search Strategy
Medline 1966-11/01 using the OVID interface.[(exp foot injuries OR exp foot OR feet.mp OR foot.mp OR pedal.mp OR plantar.mp) AND {(exp wounds and injuries OR injur$.mp) AND (penetrate$.mp OR penetrating.mp OR exp punctures OR puncture$.mp) OR exp wounds, penetrating)} AND (exp antibiotics OR antibiotic$.mp)] LIMIT to human AND English.LIMIT to human AND english.