Outcome of necrotizing skin and soft tissue infections

Surgical Infections

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 443-450

  Gunter Jr , Oliver L ^a,b   Guillamondegui, Oscar D ^a   May, Addison K ^a   Diaz, Jose J ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b 404 Medical Arts Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; APACHE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SKIN NECROSIS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION;

ADULT; APACHE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SKIN DISEASES, INFECTIOUS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 50849122945     PISSN: 10962964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/sur.2007.053     Document Type: Article

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