Open AccessWhat Demographic and Clinical Factors Are Associated with In-hospital Mortality in Patients with Necrotizing Fasciitis?
Author(s) -
Jaret M. Karnuta,
Joseph Featherall,
Joshua M. Lawrenz,
J. Gordon,
Joshua L Golubovsky,
J. David Thomas,
Deepak Ramanathan,
Claus Simpfendorfer,
Lukas M. Nystrom,
Maja Babić,
Nathan W. Mesko
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical orthopaedics and related research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1528-1132
pISSN - 0009-921X
DOI - 10.1097/corr.0000000000001187
Subject(s) - medicine , fasciitis , interquartile range , mortality rate , odds ratio , retrospective cohort study , confidence interval , surgery
Necrotizing fasciitis is a rare infection with rapid deterioration and a high mortality rate. Factors associated with in-hospital mortality have not been thoroughly evaluated. Although predictive models identifying the diagnosis of necrotizing fasciitis have been described (such as the Laboratory Risk Indicator for Necrotizing Fasciitis [LRINEC]), their use in predicting mortality is limited.