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Clinical presentations and outcomes of necrotizing fasciitis in males and females over a 13-year period

BACKGROUND: Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is a rapidly progressive infection of fascia and subcutaneous tissue resulting in serious outcomes. We aimed to evaluate the clinical presentations, hospital course and outcomes of NF based on patient gender. PATIENTS AND METHODS: All patients admitted with NF...

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Autores principales: Shaikh, Nissar, El-Menyar, Ayman, Mudali, Insolvisagan Natesa, Tabeb, AbdelHakem, Al-Thani, Hassan
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Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4602355/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26568823
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2015.09.005
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author Shaikh, Nissar
El-Menyar, Ayman
Mudali, Insolvisagan Natesa
Tabeb, AbdelHakem
Al-Thani, Hassan
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El-Menyar, Ayman
Mudali, Insolvisagan Natesa
Tabeb, AbdelHakem
Al-Thani, Hassan
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description BACKGROUND: Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is a rapidly progressive infection of fascia and subcutaneous tissue resulting in serious outcomes. We aimed to evaluate the clinical presentations, hospital course and outcomes of NF based on patient gender. PATIENTS AND METHODS: All patients admitted with NF were enrolled in the study over a 13-year period in the main tertiary hospital in Qatar. Clinical presentations, co-morbidities, severity and outcomes were analyzed and compared in male and female patients. RESULTS: A total of 331 NF patients were identified with a mean age of 51 ± 15 years and male to female ratio of 3:1. However, Arab Qatari females were more frequently affected by NF in comparison to their male counterparts and south Asian females (p < 0.001), respectively. Female patients were older and had significantly higher incidence of abdominal and groin NF (p < 0.004). There were 13 cases with recurrent NF; 85% of them were males. Male NF patients had significantly higher rate of organ failure (p = 0.02), but there was no significant difference in the hospital length of stay as well as mortality in both genders. Overall, there were 85 (25.7%) deaths (23 females and 62 males). CONCLUSION: Necrotizing fasciitis remains a life threatening entity. Although, NF is more common in males, Qatari females are more likely to develop NF than males. NF of abdominal wall and groin is significantly higher in females. Development of organ failure is more common in males with NF. NF remains a challenging clinical problem in Qatar with a mortality rate ranging from 25 to 27% for both genders.
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spelling pubmed-46023552015-11-13 Clinical presentations and outcomes of necrotizing fasciitis in males and females over a 13-year period Shaikh, Nissar El-Menyar, Ayman Mudali, Insolvisagan Natesa Tabeb, AbdelHakem Al-Thani, Hassan Ann Med Surg (Lond) Original Research BACKGROUND: Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is a rapidly progressive infection of fascia and subcutaneous tissue resulting in serious outcomes. We aimed to evaluate the clinical presentations, hospital course and outcomes of NF based on patient gender. PATIENTS AND METHODS: All patients admitted with NF were enrolled in the study over a 13-year period in the main tertiary hospital in Qatar. Clinical presentations, co-morbidities, severity and outcomes were analyzed and compared in male and female patients. RESULTS: A total of 331 NF patients were identified with a mean age of 51 ± 15 years and male to female ratio of 3:1. However, Arab Qatari females were more frequently affected by NF in comparison to their male counterparts and south Asian females (p < 0.001), respectively. Female patients were older and had significantly higher incidence of abdominal and groin NF (p < 0.004). There were 13 cases with recurrent NF; 85% of them were males. Male NF patients had significantly higher rate of organ failure (p = 0.02), but there was no significant difference in the hospital length of stay as well as mortality in both genders. Overall, there were 85 (25.7%) deaths (23 females and 62 males). CONCLUSION: Necrotizing fasciitis remains a life threatening entity. Although, NF is more common in males, Qatari females are more likely to develop NF than males. NF of abdominal wall and groin is significantly higher in females. Development of organ failure is more common in males with NF. NF remains a challenging clinical problem in Qatar with a mortality rate ranging from 25 to 27% for both genders. Elsevier 2015-09-14 /pmc/articles/PMC4602355/ /pubmed/26568823 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2015.09.005 Text en © 2015 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Tabeb, AbdelHakem
Al-Thani, Hassan
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title Clinical presentations and outcomes of necrotizing fasciitis in males and females over a 13-year period
title_full Clinical presentations and outcomes of necrotizing fasciitis in males and females over a 13-year period
title_fullStr Clinical presentations and outcomes of necrotizing fasciitis in males and females over a 13-year period
title_full_unstemmed Clinical presentations and outcomes of necrotizing fasciitis in males and females over a 13-year period
title_short Clinical presentations and outcomes of necrotizing fasciitis in males and females over a 13-year period
title_sort clinical presentations and outcomes of necrotizing fasciitis in males and females over a 13-year period
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4602355/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26568823
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2015.09.005
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