Necrotizing fasciitis: Early detection may save your patient's limb

Orthopaedic Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 70-76

  Astorino, Tina ^a   Genrich, Ilean ^a   MacGregor, Laura ^a   Victor, Carol S ^a   Eckhouse, Diane R ^a   Barbour, Laurel ^a  

^a ADVOCATE LUTHERAN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; MONITORING; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NURSING; NURSING DIAGNOSIS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURGERY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION, CONTINUING; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NURSING DIAGNOSIS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PAIN; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 67649171570     PISSN: 07446020     EISSN: 1542538X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NOR.0b013e318199ecb4     Document Type: Article

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