Following are the factors for increased risk of wound infection EXCEPT
Malnutrition
Good blood supply
Metabolic diseases (diabetes, uraemia)
Immunosuppression
Ans. (b) Good Blood Supply(Ref. Surgery Sixer 3rd Edition Page 33)Systemic Factors causing non healing of Wound:* Diabetes* Radiation* Extremes of age* Hypothermia* Hypoxemia* Hypocholesterolemia* Hyperglycemia (Even if transit)* Malnutrition* Vitamin C and A deficiency* Zinc and Iron deficiency* Drugs: Steroids and Doxorubicin* Jaundice, Uremia and Malignancy* Immunosuppressed State
Miscellaneous