The design, characteristics and predictors of mortality in the North of England Cellulitis Treatment Assessment (NECTA)

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1889-1893

  Tan, R ^a   Newberry, D J ^b   Arts, G J ^c   Onwuamaegbu, M E ^d  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUCLOXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SODIUM RETENTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; ULCER; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER RETENTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CELLULITIS; COHORT STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FLOXACILLIN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLIN G; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 35348863029     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2007.01422..x     Document Type: Article

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