Necrotizing soft tissue infections: Delayed surgical treatment is associated with increased number of surgical debridements and morbidity

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1400-1405

  Obayashi, Leslie ^a,b   Konstantinidis, Agathoklis ^a   Shackelford, Stacy ^a   Chan, Linda S ^a   Talving, Peep ^a   Inaba, Kenji ^a   Demetriades, Demetrios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Debridement; Fasciitis; Infection; Mortality; Soft tissue

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTIC SHOCK; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; THERAPY DELAY; TISSUE NECROSIS;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SHOCK, SEPTIC; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 81455131706     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31820db8fd     Document Type: Article

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