Red cell distribution width is an independent predictor of mortality in necrotizing fasciitis

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1259-1262

  Weng, Chia Lung ^a   Wang, Cheng Hsien ^a   Chen, I Chuan ^a   Hsiao, Kuang Yu ^a   Chang, Kung Pin ^a   Wu, Shih Yun ^a   Shih, Hong Mo ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY WARD; ERYTHROCYTE SHAPE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; TAIWAN; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN;

EID: 84907614804     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2014.08.001     Document Type: Article

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