Role of tissue oxygen saturation monitoring in diagnosing necrotizing fasciitis of the lower limbs

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 222-228

  Wang, Tzong Luen ^a   Hung, Chi Ren ^a  

^a SHIN KONG WU HO SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FASCIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LEG DISEASE; MALE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOCK; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; VENOUS STASIS;

ADULT; AGED; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED;

EID: 4344697165     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2004.03.022     Document Type: Article

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