Clinical relevance of the LRINEC (Laboratory Risk Indicator for Necrotizing Fasciitis) score for assessment of early necrotizing fasciitis [8]

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1677-

  Wong, Chin Ho ^a   Khin, Lay Wai ^b  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

BIOPSY; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CELLULITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY RISK INDICATOR FOR NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; LETTER; MORTALITY; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN SATURATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; TISSUE OXYGENATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 22144472611     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000170199.43624.B8     Document Type: Letter

References (6)

1. Wong CH, Chang HC, Pasupathy S, et al: Necrotizing fasciitis: Clinical presentation, microbiology and determinants of mortality. J Bone Joint Surg (Am) 2003; 85-A:1454-1460
2. McHenry CR, Piotrowski JJ, Petrinic D, et al: Determinants of mortality in necrotizing soft tissue infections. Ann Surg 1995; 221: 558-563
3. Wong CH, Khin LW, Heng KS, et al: The LRINEC (Laboratory Risk Indicator for Necrotizing Fasciitis) score: A tool for distinguishing soft tissue infection from other soft tissue infections. Crit Care Med 2004; 32:1535-1541
4. Barie PS: The laboratory risk indicator for necrotizing fasciitis (LRINEC) score: Useful tool or paralysis by analysis? Crit Care Med 2004; 32:1618-1619
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6. Wang TL: Tissue oxygen saturation monitoring in the diagnosing necrotizing fasciitis: A valuable tool but only for a select few. Reply. Ann Emerg Med 2005; 45:462-463