Is there a need for the Fournier's gangrene severity index? Comparison of scoring systems for outcome prediction in patients with Fournier's gangrene

BJU International

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1359-1365

  Roghmann, Florian ^a   Von Bodman, Christian ^a   Löppenberg, Björn ^a   Hinkel, Andreas ^a   Palisaar, Jüri ^a   Noldus, Joachim ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fournier's gangrene mortality; genital diseases; male mortality; severity of illness index; treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGE ADJUSTED CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FOURNIER GANGRENE; FOURNIER GANGRENE SEVERITY INDEX; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL APGAR SCORE; SURVIVAL PREDICTION; ULUDAG FOURNIER GANGRENE SEVERITY INDEX;

ADULT; AGED; FOURNIER GANGRENE; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84867743945     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2012.11082.x     Document Type: Article

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