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Keywords: Abstract
- Skin ulcers
Skin ulcers and diabetic foot: therapeutic protocol
- Diabetic foot
- Infection Skin ulcers etiology is varied and often even unknown. There is usually a circulatory pathology,
- Antibiotic therapy venous or arterial. They stand out for their impact, the vascular and diabetic lower extremity
wounds as well as pressure ulcers. Infection is the most common skin ulcer complication, and is
characterized by the presence of both local and systemic clinical signs. Treatment of diabetic foot
ulcer requires a multidisciplinary management, including local treatments with appropriate culture
samples, antibiotic therapy according to the stratification of the severity and patient history, and a
surgical evaluation. After obtaining the culture results, antimicrobial therapy should be directed,
with narrower spectrum agents.
Vasculares arteriales
o venosas lceras cutneas crnicas Miscelnea
Manejo
No
Infeccin?
Toma de muestras
S
Cuidados de la herida
Medidas preventivas
Curas locales: Antibioterapia Valoracin
Desbridamiento emprica quirrgica
Vendajes/apsitos
Antibioterapia
dirigida
S No
Resolucin?
to antibitico adecuado (emprico al inicio y dirigido poste- zacin a la resolucin del proceso infeccioso. En pacientes
riormente), valoracin quirrgica y curas locales. con gangrena seca sin celulitis primar la revascularizacin.
El vendaje proteger la lcera de traumatismos e infecciones,
pero habr que evitar el exceso de presin para no agravar la
lceras cutneas isquemia.
Al igual que en otras UC, Clindamicina o linezolid o penicilina o cefazolina o Activos frente a SAMR
cloxacilina (probar clindamicina)
la consideracin de infec- +
cin est determinada por Cotrimoxazol o doxiciclina
criterios clnicos y no mi- Cotrimoxazol + amoxicilina-clavulnico Activos frente a Streptococcus, SAMR, BGN
crobiolgicos, ya que la o y anaerobios