Evaluation of a severity score to predict the prognosis of Fournier's gangrene

BJU International

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 373-376

  Luján Marco, Saturnino ^a   Budía, Alberto ^a   Di Capua, Carlos ^a   Broseta, Enrique ^a   Cruz, Fernando Jiménez ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fournier's gangrene; Prognostic factor; Severity score; Survival

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CLINDAMYCIN; CREATININE; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; BODY SURFACE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HEART RATE; HEMATOCRIT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PENIS; PERINEUM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANK SUM TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SCROTUM; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN SURGERY; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SURVIVAL; SURVIVOR; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955725341     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2009.09075.x     Document Type: Article

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