Early diagnosis of necrotizing fasciitis

T Goh, LG Goh, CH Ang, CH Wong - Journal of British Surgery, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Background Necrotizing fasciitis is a rapidly progressing skin infection characterized by
necrosis of the fascia and subcutaneous tissue, accompanied by severe systemic toxicity …

World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) guidelines for management of skin and soft tissue infections

M Sartelli, MA Malangoni, AK May, P Viale… - World journal of …, 2014 - Springer
Skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) encompass a variety of pathological conditions
ranging from simple superficial infections to severe necrotizing soft tissue infections …

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

T Borschitz, S Schlicht, E Siegel, E Hanke… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is a rare mono-/polymicrobial skin infection that spreads to
underlying tissues. NF is quickly progressing and leads to life threatening situations …

Necrotizing fasciitis: epidemiology and clinical predictors for amputation

P Khamnuan, W Chongruksut… - … journal of general …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Background Necrotizing fasciitis, a relatively uncommon infection involving the skin,
subcutaneous tissue, and fascia, is a rapidly progressive soft tissue infection and a medical …

Necrotizing fasciitis: an urgent diagnosis

S Paz Maya, D Dualde Beltrán, P Lemercier… - Skeletal radiology, 2014 - Springer
Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is a rare, life-threatening soft-tissue infection and a medical and
surgical emergency, with increasing incidence in the last few years. It is characterized by a …

Adjunctive hyperbaric oxygen for necrotizing fasciitis

DZ Levett, MH Bennett, I Millar - Cochrane Database of …, 2015 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) involves the therapeutic administration of
100% oxygen in a pressure chamber at pressures above one atmosphere absolute. This …

A comparison of necrotising fasciitis in diabetics and non-diabetics: a review of 127 patients

JH Tan, BTH Koh, CC Hong, SH Lim… - The bone & joint …, 2016 - boneandjoint.org.uk
Aims Diabetes mellitus is the most common co-morbidity associated with necrotising
fasciitis. This study aims to compare the clinical presentation, investigations, Laboratory Risk …

Necrotizing fasciitis: pillaging the acute phase response

AA Hysong, SL Posey, DM Blum, MA Benvenuti… - JBJS, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Abstract➤ Necrotizing fasciitis hijacks the acute phase response, increasing the risk of
develo** pathophysiologic states commonly associated with death: sepsis-induced …

Descending necrotizing mediastinitis: 5 years of published data in J apan

Y Sumi - Acute Medicine & Surgery, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Descending necrotizing mediastinitis implies infection originating from the neck, most
commonly an oropharyngeal or odontogenic focus, that spreads in the cervical fascial …

Molecular pathogenesis of endotheliopathy and endotheliopathic syndromes, leading to inflammation and microthrombosis, and various hemostatic clinical …

JC Chang - Medicina, 2022 - mdpi.com
Endotheliopathy, according to the “two-activation theory of the endothelium”, can be
triggered by the activated complement system in critical illnesses, such as sepsis and …