Prophylactic parenteral antibiotics in the management of adults with severe burns.

Date First Published:

January 27, 2016

Last Updated:

October 5, 2016

Report by:

Andrew Bock-Oruma, Family Physician & Head, Accident & Emergency Dept., (Delta State University Teaching Hospital, P. M. B. 07, Oghara,)

Three-Part Question:

[In adults presenting with severe burns] does [prophylactic administration of parenteral antibiotics] [reduce the incidence of sepsis, length of stay in hospital, wound infection and mortality]?