Fournier's gangrene: Etiology and outcome analysis of 41 patients

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 289-293

  Altarac, Silvio ^a   Katuin, Davorin ^b   Crnica, Suad ^b   Papeš, Dino ^a   Rajković, Zoran ^a   Arslani, Nuhi ^c  

^a Zabok General Hospital   (Croatia)

^b KARLOVAC GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Fournier's gangrene; Mortality; Necrotizing fasciitis; Severity of illness index

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CREATININE;

ADULT; AGED; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; BODY SURFACE; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DECUBITUS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HEART RATE; HEMATOCRIT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; SKIN INJURY; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROATIA; FEMALE; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLOVENIA; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84860335465     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: 14230399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000335507     Document Type: Review

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