Necrotizing Soft-Tissue Infections: A Retrospective Review of Predictive Factors for Limb Loss.

Hee-Gon Park Jong-Heon Yang Byung-Hoon Park Hyung-Suk Yi

Published in: Clinics in orthopedic surgery (2022)

For patients with NSTIs, the presence of hypotension at admission, a high glucose level (> 300 mg/dL), and a high LRINEC score (> 9) were independent risk factors for limb loss.

Keyphrases

high glucose
endothelial cells
soft tissue
emergency department