Predicting death in necrotizing soft tissue infections: A clinical score

Surgical Infections

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 517-522

  Anaya, Daniel A ^a   Bulger, Eileen M ^b   Kwon, Yong S ^b   Kao, Lillian S ^c   Evans, Heather ^b   Nathens, Avery B ^d  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART BEAT; HEART RATE; HEMATOCRIT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS;

EID: 73849099715     PISSN: 10962964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/sur.2008.112     Document Type: Article

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