Comparison of different scoring systems for outcome prediction in patients with Fournier's gangrene: Experience with 50 patients

Scandinavian Journal of Urology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 393-399

  Tuncel, Altug ^a   Keten, Tanju ^a   Aslan, Yilmaz ^a   Kayali, Mustafa ^a   Erkan, Anil ^a   Koseoglu, Ersin ^a   Atan, Ali ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fournier's gangrene; Index; Outcome; Severity; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; UREA; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEBRIDEMENT; FOURNIER GANGRENE; FOURNIER GANGRENE SEVERITY INDEX; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL; SURVIVOR; ULUDAG FOURNIER GANGRENE SEVERITY INDEX; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; VITAL SIGN; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; MALE; MALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SERUM ALBUMIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UREA;

EID: 84904351993     PISSN: 21681805     EISSN: 21681813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/21681805.2014.886289     Document Type: Article

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