Procalcitonin ratio as a predictor of successful surgical treatment of severe necrotizing soft tissue infections

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 206, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 368-373

  Friederichs, Jan ^a   Hutter, Martin ^a   Hierholzer, Christian ^a   Novotny, Alexander ^b   Friess, Helmut ^b   Bühren, Volker ^a   Hungerer, Sven ^a  

^a BG UNFALLKLINIK MURNAU   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Necrotizing fasciitis; Necrotizing soft tissue infection; Procalcitonin

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN;

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; NECROTIZING SOF TISSUE INFECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NECROTIZING SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; PROCALCITONIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; ROC CURVE; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84882917109     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2012.11.024     Document Type: Article

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