Predicting necrotising soft tissue infections in people who inject drugs: poor performance of the Laboratory Risk Indicator for Necrotising Fasciitis score and development of a novel clinical predictive nomogram in a retrospective cohort with internal validation

Necrotising soft tissue infections (NSTI) can threaten life and limb. Early identification and urgent surgical debridement are key for improved outcomes. NSTI can be insidious. Scoring systems, like the Laboratory Risk Indicator for Necrotising Fasciitis (LRINEC), exist to aid diagnosis. People who...

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Autores principales: MacLeod, Caitlin S., O’Neill, Hannah L., Shaalan, Ramy, Nagy, John, Flett, Murray M., Guthrie, Graeme J.K., McLeod, Graeme, Suttie, Stuart A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2023
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10389200/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37042577
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JS9.0000000000000367

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