Inadequate sensitivity of laboratory risk indicator to rule out necrotizing fasciitis in the emergency department

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 333-336

  Burner, Elizabeth ^a   Henderson, Sean O ^a   Burke, Guenevere ^b   Nakashioya, Jeffrey ^a   Hoffman, Jerome R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICD-9; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY RISK INDICATOR FOR NECROTIZING FASCIITIS SCORE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; DEBRIDEMENT; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

DEBRIDEMENT; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84973327584     PISSN: 1936900X     EISSN: 19369018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2016.2.29069     Document Type: Article

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