Red Flags For Necrotizing Fasciitis: A Case Control Study

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue , 2015, Pages e15-e20

  Alayed, Khalid Al ^a   Tan, Charlie ^b   Daneman, Nick ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Canada   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Case control study; Cellulitis; Diagnosis; Diagnostic accuracy; Necrotizing fasciitis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; SODIUM;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLISTER; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING RATE; CELLULITIS; CHILL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREPITUS; CYANOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIARRHEA; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; OUT OF PROPORTION PAIN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PAIN; PATIENT HISTORY OF SURGERY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PUS; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN BLEEDING; SKIN FLUCTUANCE; SKIN INDURATION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN SWELLING; SKIN ULCER; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; VITAL SIGN; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; MIDDLE AGED;

CELLULITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84936767583     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2015.04.021     Document Type: Article

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