Multiple dimensions of caring for a patient with acute necrotizing fasciitis

Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-21

  Ruth Sahd, Lisa ^a,b,c   Gonzales, Mike ^b  

^a YORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b LANCASTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c York College of PA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperbaric oxygenation therapy; Necrotizing fasciitis; Wound care

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NURSING; NURSING DIAGNOSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SKIN CARE; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CRITICAL CARE; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NURSING DIAGNOSIS; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN CARE; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 33645303263     PISSN: 07304625     EISSN: 15388646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003465-200601000-00005     Document Type: Article

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