Open AccessModified Laboratory Risk Indicator for Necrotizing Fasciitis (m-LRINEC) Score System in Diagnosing Necrotizing Fasciitis: A Nested Case–Control Study
Author(s) -
Haotian Wu,
Song Liu,
Chunxia Li,
Zhaohui Song
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
infection and drug resistance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.033
H-Index - 39
ISSN - 1178-6973
DOI - 10.2147/idr.s313321
Subject(s) - fasciitis , medicine , receiver operating characteristic , demographics , logistic regression , confounding , scoring system , surgery , demography , sociology
This study aims to present a modified Laboratory Risk Indicator for Necrotizing Fasciitis (m-LRINEC) scoring system and to evaluate its ability in discriminating necrotizing fasciitis (NF) from other severe soft-tissue infections.