Is Fournier's gangrene severity index useful for predicting outcome of Fournier's gangrene?

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 119-122

  Lin, Eugene ^a   Yang, Stone ^a   Chiu, Allen W ^b   Chow, Yung Chiong ^a   Chen, Marcelo ^a   Lin, Wen Chou ^a   Chang, Hung Kuang ^a   Hsu, Jong Ming ^a   Lo, King Yik ^a   Hsu, Hsi Hsien ^a  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fournier's gangrene; Necrotizing fasciitis; Risk factors, Fournier's gangrene

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FISHER EXACT TEST; FOURNIER GANGRENE; GANGRENE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; ORCHIECTOMY; PENIS AMPUTATION; PENIS DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; FOURNIER GANGRENE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23944451114     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000087164     Document Type: Review

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