Subcutaneous Emphysema in Non-Necrotizing Soft Tissue Injury
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Extensive subcutaneous emphysema resembling necrotizing fasciitis.
Necrotizing fasciitis is an aggressive, invasive soft tissue infection. Because it can rapidly progress to patient instability, prompt diagnosis followed by urgent debridement is critical to decreasing mortality. Despite the importance of early diagnosis, necrotizing fasciitis remains a clinical diagnosis, with little evidence in the literature regarding the effectiveness of diagnostic tools or...
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151 Necrotizing soft-tissue infections have been recognized for centuries. Hippocrates vividly described the disease in the 5th century BC, as follows: ÒThe erysipelas would quickly spread in all directions. Flesh, sinews, and bones fell away in great quantities.Ó Necrotizing soft-tissue infections were subsequently designated as Òstreptococcal gangrene,Ó Òphagedena,Ó and Òphagedena gangrenosum...
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EVIDENCE DEFINITIONS · Class I: Prospective randomized controlled trial. · Class II: Prospective clinical study or retrospective analysis of reliable data. Includes observational, cohort, prevalence, or case control studies. · Class III: Retrospective study. Includes database or registry reviews, large series of case reports, expert opinion. · Technology assessment: A technology study which doe...
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OBJECTIVE To provide a contemporary review of the diagnosis and management of necrotizing soft-tissue infections. DATA SOURCES Scientific literature and internet sources. STUDY SELECTION Major articles of importance in this area. CONCLUSIONS The mortality for necrotizing soft-tissue infections appears to be decreasing, possibly due to improved recognition and earlier delivery of more effe...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Education and Teaching in Emergency Medicine
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2474-1949
DOI: 10.5070/m524036778