Clinical presentations and outcomes of necrotizing fasciitis in males and females over a 13-year period
| العنوان: | Clinical presentations and outcomes of necrotizing fasciitis in males and females over a 13-year period |
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| المؤلفون: | Abdelhakem Tabeb, Nissar Shaikh, Ayman El-Menyar, Hassan Al-Thani, Insolvisagan Natesa Mudali |
| المصدر: | Annals of Medicine and Surgery |
| بيانات النشر: | Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2015. |
| سنة النشر: | 2015 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Clinical presentation, business.industry, Necrotizing fasciitis, Gender, General Medicine, Fascia, medicine.disease, Surgery, medicine.anatomical_structure, medicine, Fasciitis, business, Qatar, Original Research, Outcome, Subcutaneous tissue |
| الوصف: | 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 Highlights • Majority of Necrotizing Fasciitis (NF) patients are males (74%). • NF of abdomen and groin is significantly higher in females. • Male patients are more severely ill with significantly more organ dysfunction. • Hospital stay and mortality of NF in both genders are comparable. • NF remains a challenging clinical problem in Qatar with a mortality rate ranging from 25 to 27% for both genders. |
| تدمد: | 2049-0801 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.amsu.2015.09.005 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::b307414d44025cef1461d6c921b13813 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2015.09.005 |
| Rights: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....b307414d44025cef1461d6c921b13813 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 20490801 |
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| DOI: | 10.1016/j.amsu.2015.09.005 |