Quality of life of patients in a remote period after treatment of heavy skin infections and soft tissue complicated by sepsis

Treatment of patients with complicated skin and soft tissue infection (STI) remains one of the important problems of surgery. Remote results of treatment of patients with severe STI complicated by sepsis are presented. The SF-36 questionnaire was used. 5373 medical records were analyzed. The data of 91 patients aged 18 years with an area of purulent-necrotic lesions of soft tissues greater than 500 cm2 and criteria for sepsis were selected for analysis. To assess the severity of the condition at the time of admission and in the dynamics, tables were used to assess the severity of the condition of patients with extensive wounds [1], as well as a scale for assessing the severity of the state of SAPS II. Long-term results of treatment and quality of life were assessed in the periods 1-3 years and 4-5 years after discharge from the hospital. Mortality in the period up to 5 years was absent, but the quality of life of patients remained at a low level throughout the observation period. This concerns indicators of the physical and psychological components of health. Invalids were 21.82% of patients.