The clinical features of Fournier's gangrene and the predictivity of the Fournier's Gangrene Severity Index on the outcomes

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 997-1004

  Kabay, Sahin ^a   Yucel, Mehmet ^a   Yaylak, Faik ^a   Algin, Mustafa C ^a   Hacioglu, Alper ^a   Kabay, Burhan ^b   Muslumanoglu, Ahmet Y ^c  

^a DUMLUPINAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c HASEKI EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Debridement; Fournier's gangrene; Necrotizing fasciitis; Severity

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; FOURNIER GANGRENE; FOURNIER GANGRENE SEVERITY INDEX; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; HYPOTENSION; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NECROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIANAL ABSCESS; PERIRENAL ABSCESS; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PROGNOSIS; RASH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCROTUM; SEPSIS; SKIN ABSCESS; SWELLING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URETHRA STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 56249138248     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11255-008-9401-4     Document Type: Article

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