Raised serum lactate: A marker of necrotizing fasciitis?

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1712-1716

  Murphy, George ^a   Markeson, Daniel ^a   Choa, Robert ^a   Armstrong, Anthony ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cellulitis; Hospital gangrene; Necrotizing fasciitis; Serum lactate

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; LACTIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; GOLD STANDARD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; POINT OF CARE TESTING; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; TISSUE NECROSIS;

EID: 84888645363     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: 18780539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2013.07.008     Document Type: Article

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