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ReviewDer Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen2012

[Clinical symptoms and therapy of necrotizing skin and soft tissue infections].

P Kujath, M Hoffmann, E Schlöricke, L Unger, R Bouchard

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Review in Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. [Fournier's gangrene as special form of necrotizing fasciitis].Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen · 2020
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  2. [Postoperative wound infections : Diagnosis, classification and treatment].Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

P KujathKlinik für Chirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Lübeck, Deutschland. peter.kujath@chirurgie.uni-luebeck.de
M Hoffmann
E Schlöricke
L Unger
R Bouchard
University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein · DEUniversitäres Kinderwunschzentrum Lübeck · DEUniversity of Lübeck · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Skin and soft tissue infections are among the most common diseases requiring surgical treatment. The presentation of patients varies from folliculitis to severe necrotizing infections with a fatal outcome. The diagnosis of a necrotizing infection is often difficult. The correct diagnosis is often made after deterioration of the patient's condition in the rapid course of the disease. The early and correct diagnosis and immediate surgery are decisive for the prognosis. Treatment at a specialized intensive care unit and the administration of a broad spectrum antibiotic are pivotal for the survival of individual patients.

Indexed as

Connective TissueDiagnosis, DifferentialEarly DiagnosisEarly Medical InterventionErysipelasFasciitis, NecrotizingGas GangreneHumansMyositisNecrosisPrognosisSkinSkin Diseases, BacterialSoft Tissue Infections

Identifiers

PMID23138864
OpenAlexW13972260

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