Published in Crit Care Med on July 01, 2004
Concern Necrotizing fasciitis: literature review of contemporary strategies for diagnosing and management with three case reports: torso, abdominal wall, upper and lower limbs. World J Emerg Surg (2011) 2.16
Current concepts in the management of necrotizing fasciitis. Front Surg (2014) 1.45
Necrotizing fasciitis. Can Fam Physician (2009) 1.42
Comment on: "Cervical Necrotizing Fasciitis-The Value of the Laboratory Risk Indicator for Necrotizing Fasciitis Score as an Indicative Parameter". J Oral Maxillofac Surg (2016) 1.39
Fournier's Gangrene: Current Practices. ISRN Surg (2012) 1.20
Necrotizing soft tissue infections: APACHE II score, dissemination, and survival. World J Surg (2007) 1.17
Prognostic factors and monomicrobial necrotizing fasciitis: gram-positive versus gram-negative pathogens. BMC Infect Dis (2011) 1.11
Necrotizing soft tissue infections: review and current concepts in treatment, systems of care, and outcomes. Curr Probl Surg (2014) 1.10
An Observational Study of the Etiology, clinical presentation and outcomes associated with peritonitis in Lilongwe, Malawi. World J Emerg Surg (2011) 1.08
Necrotizing fasciitis of the lower extremity: a case report and current concept of diagnosis and management. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med (2009) 1.01
Local variations in the epidemiology, microbiology, and outcome of necrotizing soft-tissue infections: a multicenter study. Am J Surg (2011) 0.99
Necrotizing fasciitis versus pyoderma gangrenosum: securing the correct diagnosis! A case report and literature review. Eplasty (2011) 0.97
A five-year review of necrotising fasciitis in a tertiary referral unit. Ann R Coll Surg Engl (2013) 0.97
Laboratory indicators for early detection and surgical treatment of vibrio necrotizing fasciitis. Clin Orthop Relat Res (2010) 0.96
Improvement of a Clinical Score for Necrotizing Fasciitis: 'Pain Out of Proportion' and High CRP Levels Aid the Diagnosis. PLoS One (2015) 0.96
Multidisciplinary management of periocular necrotising fasciitis: a series of 11 patients. Eye (Lond) (2011) 0.93
Clinical relevance of the LRINEC (Laboratory Risk Indicator for Necrotizing Fasciitis) score for assessment of early necrotizing fasciitis. Crit Care Med (2005) 0.89
Necrotizing fasciitis: an urgent diagnosis. Skeletal Radiol (2014) 0.87
Diagnosis of necrotizing faciitis with bedside ultrasound: the STAFF Exam. West J Emerg Med (2014) 0.87
Acute Phase Reactants in Infections: Evidence-Based Review and a Guide for Clinicians. Open Forum Infect Dis (2015) 0.86
Prognostic factor of mortality and its clinical implications in patients with necrotizing fasciitis caused by Vibrio vulnificus. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis (2014) 0.86
Necrotising fasciitis. BMJ Case Rep (2013) 0.86
Factors associated with decision to hospitalize emergency department patients with skin and soft tissue infection. West J Emerg Med (2014) 0.85
Fournier's gangrene: A retrospective analysis of 26 cases in a Canadian hospital and literature review. Can Urol Assoc J (2015) 0.85
Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections: Surgeon's Prospective. Int J Inflam (2013) 0.83
Necrotising fasciitis of the thumb. BMJ Case Rep (2012) 0.83
Early surgical intervention and its impact on patients presenting with necrotizing soft tissue infections: A single academic center experience. J Emerg Trauma Shock (2016) 0.81
Contemporary diagnosis and management of Fournier's gangrene. Ther Adv Urol (2015) 0.81
Necrotizing fasciitis. Eplasty (2014) 0.81
Inadequate Sensitivity of Laboratory Risk Indicator to Rule Out Necrotizing Fasciitis in the Emergency Department. West J Emerg Med (2016) 0.81
World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) guidelines for management of skin and soft tissue infections. World J Emerg Surg (2014) 0.81
Necrotizing fasciitis of the breast in a pregnant woman successfully treated using negative-pressure wound therapy. Ann Surg Treat Res (2015) 0.81
Necrotizing fasciitis: risk factors of mortality. Risk Manag Healthc Policy (2015) 0.81
The Prediction Predicament: Rethinking Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections Mortality. Surg Infect (Larchmt) (2015) 0.81
Necrotizing Fasciitis - report of ten cases and review of recent literature. J Med Life (2013) 0.80
Hospital epidemiology of emergent cervical necrotizing fasciitis. J Emerg Trauma Shock (2010) 0.80
Clinical presentations and outcomes of necrotizing fasciitis in males and females over a 13-year period. Ann Med Surg (Lond) (2015) 0.79
Isolation of Leclercia adecarboxylata from a wound infection after exposure to hurricane-related floodwater. BMJ Case Rep (2012) 0.79
Missed acute appendicitis presenting as necrotising fasciitis of the thigh. BMJ Case Rep (2014) 0.79
Predictors of Monomicrobial Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections. Surg Infect (Larchmt) (2015) 0.78
The development of Fournier's gangrene following rubber band ligation of haemorrhoids. BMJ Case Rep (2013) 0.78
Necrotizing soft-tissue infection: laboratory risk indicator for necrotizing soft tissue infections score. J Lab Physicians (2014) 0.78
Necrotizing fasciitis--a diagnostic dilemma: two case reports. J Med Case Rep (2014) 0.77
"The clock is ticking": the timely management of a painful skin rash in a seventy-year-old woman. Case Rep Med (2014) 0.77
Model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) score as a predictor and monitor of mortality in patients with Vibrio vulnificus necrotizing skin and soft tissue infections. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2015) 0.77
Review of 58 patients with necrotizing fasciitis in the Netherlands. World J Emerg Surg (2016) 0.77
Integrated clinical care pathway for managing necrotising soft tissue infections. Indian J Surg (2009) 0.77
Multifocal necrotising fasciitis and septic shock complicating varicella infection in an adult. BMJ Case Rep (2013) 0.77
Clinical predictors for severe sepsis in patients with necrotizing fasciitis: an observational cohort study in northern Thailand. Infect Drug Resist (2015) 0.76
Fournier gangrene. West J Emerg Med (2010) 0.76
Failure of outpatient antibiotics among patients hospitalized for acute bacterial skin infections: What is the clinical relevance? Am J Emerg Med (2016) 0.75
Necrotizing fasciitis after internal fixation of fracture of femoral trochanteric. Rev Bras Ortop (2014) 0.75
Necrotising fasciitis after bortezomib and dexamethasone-containing regimen in an elderly patient of Waldenström macroglobulinaemia. BMJ Case Rep (2014) 0.75
Necrotizing fasciitis: epidemiology and clinical predictors for amputation. Int J Gen Med (2015) 0.75
Necrotising fasciitis caused by metastatic endometrial cancer: a rare cause of a life-threatening condition. Ann R Coll Surg Engl (2016) 0.75
Necrotizing Fasciitis: A Study of 48 Cases. Indian J Surg (2013) 0.75
Necrotizing fasciitis of the paraspinous muscles. West J Emerg Med (2010) 0.75
A case of adult acute idiopathic scrotal edema. Nat Rev Urol (2009) 0.75
Triple diagnostics for early detection of ambivalent necrotizing fasciitis. World J Emerg Surg (2016) 0.75
Association between cytokine response, the LRINEC score and outcome in patients with necrotising soft tissue infection: a multicentre, prospective study. Sci Rep (2017) 0.75
Pattern and predictors of mortality in necrotizing fasciitis patients in a single tertiary hospital. World J Emerg Surg (2016) 0.75
Soft tissue infection of the upper extremity. Eplasty (2011) 0.75
Necrotising myositis, the deadly impersonator. Case Rep Surg (2014) 0.75
Necrotizing Fasciitis Secondary to a Primary Suture for Anoperineal Trauma by Motorcycle Accident in a Healthy Adult. Case Rep Emerg Med (2015) 0.75
Necrotizing fasciitis in a young patient with acute myeloid leukemia - a diagnostic challenge. Patient Saf Surg (2014) 0.75
Lethal Necrotizing Fasciitis Triggered by Plaster: Case Report and Review of Literature. J Orthop Case Reports (2017) 0.75
Necrotising fasciitis due to an infected sebaceous cyst. BMJ Case Rep (2014) 0.75
Author's reply. Indian J Radiol Imaging (2015) 0.75
Correlation of Physical Exam Findings with Fever in Patients with Skin and Soft Tissue Infections. West J Emerg Med (2017) 0.75
Predicting the outcomes of rhabdomyolysis: a good starting point. JAMA Intern Med (2013) 0.75
Risk score algorithm for treatment of persistent apical periodontitis. J Dent Res (2014) 0.75
An overview of point-of-care ultrasound for soft tissue and musculoskeletal applications in the emergency department. J Intensive Care (2016) 0.75
Necrotizing fasciitis of anterior abdominal wall following cesarean section in a low-risk patient. J Surg Case Rep (2016) 0.75
Necrotizing Fasciitis in Hematological Patients: Enterobacteriaceae Predominance and Limited Utility of Laboratory Risk Indicator for Necrotizing Fasciitis Score. Open Forum Infect Dis (2015) 0.75
Management and Novel Adjuncts of Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections. Surg Infect (Larchmt) (2017) 0.75
Necrotizing fasciitis - a rare complication following common obstetric operative procedures: report of two cases. Int J Womens Health (2015) 0.75
Misdiagnosed pneumothorax interpreted as necrotizing fasciitis of the chest wall: case report of a potentially preventable death. Patient Saf Surg (2014) 0.75
A case of labio-facial necrotizing fasciitis complicating acne. BMC Res Notes (2016) 0.75
Case series of Fournier's gangrene: Affected body surface area - The underestimated prognostic factor. Ann Med Surg (Lond) (2017) 0.75
Thigh compartment syndrome complicated by sciatic nerve palsy, rhabdomyolysis, and acute renal failure. Clin Case Rep (2015) 0.75
Early diagnosis of post-varicella necrotising fasciitis: A medical and surgical emergency. Afr J Paediatr Surg (2016) 0.75
Complicated acute appendicitis presenting as a rapidly progressive soft tissue infection of the abdominal wall: a case report. J Med Case Rep (2016) 0.75
Necrotizing fasciitis: diagnostic challenges in a mute bedridden patient with atypical laboratory parameters. Case Rep Med (2012) 0.75
The laboratory risk indicator for necrotizing fasciitis (LRINEC) scoring: the diagnostic and potential prognostic role. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med (2017) 0.75
A rare case report of vulvar necrotizing fasciitis in a healthy patient. Int J Surg Case Rep (2017) 0.75
Necrotizing fasciitis in a pediatric patient caused by lancefield group g streptococcus: case report and brief review of the literature. Case Rep Med (2011) 0.75
The laboratory risk indicator for necrotizing fasciitis (LRINEC) score: useful tool or paralysis by analysis? Crit Care Med (2004) 0.75
Autologous creatinine clearance in a case of necrotizing fasciitis and anuria. Am J Nephrol (2012) 0.75
An atypical presentation of necrotising fasciitis. Ann R Coll Surg Engl (2016) 0.75
A Clinical Scoring System for Distinguishing Patients With Coincident Cubital Tunnel Syndrome Among Patients With Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Hand (N Y) (2016) 0.75
What's new in emergencies, trauma and shock? The tortuous path in the management of necrotizing fasciitis: Is early surgical intervention critical? J Emerg Trauma Shock (2016) 0.75
Derivation and Validation of a Novel Physiological Emergency Surgery Acuity Score (PESAS). World J Surg (2017) 0.75
Laboratory risk indicator for necrotising fasciitis (LRINEC) score for the assessment of early necrotising fasciitis: a systematic review of the literature. Ann R Coll Surg Engl (2017) 0.75
Presentation and outcomes of necrotizing soft tissue infections. Int J Gen Med (2017) 0.75
Determining if Positive Predictive Value using Laboratory Risk Indicator for Necrotising Fasciitis is Applicable in Malaysian Patients with Necrotising Fasciitis. Malays Orthop J (2017) 0.75
Neglected Necrotizing Fasciitis - A Rare Complication of Spinal Anaesthesia. J Clin Diagn Res (2017) 0.75
Necrotizing fasciitis after scalpel injury sustained during postmortem examination. CMAJ (2017) 0.75
Necrotizing fasciitis: clinical presentation, microbiology, and determinants of mortality. J Bone Joint Surg Am (2003) 5.13
Plasma free hemoglobin: a novel diagnostic test for assessment of the depth of burn injury. Plast Reconstr Surg (2006) 1.53
Use of the omentum flap as additional soft-tissue cover for abdominal wall defects reconstructed with Gore-Tex. Plast Reconstr Surg (2005) 1.46
The age of menopause and the menopause transition in a multiracial population: a nation-wide Singapore study. Maturitas (2005) 1.23
Symptomatic spinal epidural varices presenting with nerve impingement: report of two cases and review of the literature. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2003) 1.03
Knee dislocations-a retrospective study comparing operative versus closed immobilization treatment outcomes. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc (2004) 1.00
The extended lower trapezius flap for the reconstruction of shoulder tip defects. Ann Plast Surg (2009) 0.99
Posterior perforation of peptic ulcers: presentation and outcome of an uncommon surgical emergency. Surgery (2004) 0.98
The gluteus maximus muscle flap for reconstruction of sacral chordoma defects. Ann Plast Surg (2004) 0.95
The feasibility and accuracy of sentinel lymph node biopsy in clinically node-negative patients after neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer--a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Surg Oncol (2011) 0.94
Salvage of the massively traumatized lower extremity with sequential free flaps. Plast Reconstr Surg (2004) 0.94
An algorithm for recipient vessel selection in microsurgical head and neck reconstruction. J Reconstr Microsurg (2010) 0.90
Clinical relevance of the LRINEC (Laboratory Risk Indicator for Necrotizing Fasciitis) score for assessment of early necrotizing fasciitis. Crit Care Med (2005) 0.89
Prognostic significance of peritoneal lavage cytology in gastric cancer in Singapore. Gastric Cancer (2005) 0.84
Use of the scrotal remnant as a tissue-expanding musculocutaneous flap for scrotal reconstruction in Paget's disease. Ann Plast Surg (2003) 0.83
Optimizing the use of local muscle flaps for knee megaprosthesis coverage. Ann Plast Surg (2007) 0.80
Multi-voxel MR spectroscopic imaging of the brain: utility in clinical setting-initial results. Eur J Radiol (2005) 0.80
Abdominal wall necrotizing fasciitis: it is still "Meleney's Minefield". Plast Reconstr Surg (2006) 0.78
Interest and attitudes of patients, cancer physicians, medical students and cancer researchers towards a spectrum of genetic tests relevant to breast cancer patients. Breast (2012) 0.77
Free flap reconstruction in head and neck oncology. Asian J Surg (2002) 0.75