Tissue oxygen saturation monitoring in diagnosing necrotizing fasciitis of the lower limb: A valuable tool but only for a select few [4]

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 461-462

  Wong, Chin Ho ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FASCIOTOMY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE OXYGENATION; TISSUE PERFUSION; NOTE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSCUTANEOUS OXYGEN MONITORING;

BLOOD GAS MONITORING, TRANSCUTANEOUS; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 17844374869     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2004.10.039     Document Type: Letter

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