Improvement of a clinical score for necrotizing fasciitis: 'Pain out of proportion' and high CRP levels aid the diagnosis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Borschitz, Thomas ^a   Schlicht, Svenja ^b   Siegel, Ekkehard ^b   Hanke, Eric ^b   Von Stebut, Esther ^b  

^a Center for Coloproctology/Surgery ^*  (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ERYSIPELAS; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY RISK INDICATOR FOR NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERY ELDERLY; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMISTRY; DEBRIDEMENT; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELLULITIS; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941345376     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0132775     Document Type: Article

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