The authors emphasize that the origin of gunshot sepsis has specific f
eatures which are due to the peculiar effect of modern gunshot injury
on the organism, the development of primary and secondary polyorganic
deficiency, immunodeficiency among others. According to the authors, g
unshot sepsis is encountered in 3.6 % of cases among various infectiou
s-purulent complications of gunshot wounds, usually in injuries to the
lower extremities and pelvis, with 52.3 % lethality. Improvement of t
he outcomes of gunshot sepsis is connected with refined organization o
f medical aid to the injured on the stages of medical evacuation, moni
toring operative control over the course of the wound process, the use
of medicinal agents which raise the viability of the damaged tissues
and the organism's immunoresistance, improvement of the methods of sur
gical debridement of gunshot wounds and detoxification of the organism
.