Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for the treatment of fournier’s gangrene: A review of 34 cases;Oxigenoterapia Hiperbárica no Tratamento da Gangrena de Fournier: Revisão de 34 Casos

Acta Medica Portuguesa

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 619-623

  Rosa, Isabel ^a   Guerreiro, Francisco ^a  

^a Centro de Medicina Subaquática e Hiperbárica CMSH   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Fournier Gangrene; Hyperbaric Oxygenation

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FLUCLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LINEZOLID; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; NETILMICIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACINETOBACTER; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BAROTRAUMA; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; MALE; MIDDLE EAR BAROTRAUMA; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VERY ELDERLY; DEBRIDEMENT; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84946034025     PISSN: 0870399X     EISSN: 16460758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20344/amp.6300     Document Type: Article

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