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ArticleSingapore medical journal2018

Early clinical manifestations of vibrio necrotising fasciitis.

Thean Howe Bryan Koh, Jiong Hao Jonathan Tan, Choon-Chiet Hong, Wilson Wang, Aziz Nather

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Article in Singapore medical journal, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Necrotizing fasciitis induced byJournal of orthopaedic translation · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Thean Howe Bryan KohDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, National University Hospital, Singapore.
Jiong Hao Jonathan TanDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, National University Hospital, Singapore.
Choon-Chiet HongDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, National University Hospital, Singapore.
Wilson WangDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, National University Hospital, Singapore.
Aziz NatherDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, National University Hospital, Singapore.
National University Hospital · SGNational University of Singapore · SG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We present five patients with vibrio necrotising fasciitis, a lethal and disabling disease. Two of these patients had a history of exposure to either warm seawater or raw/live seafood, three had underlying chronic liver disease, and four presented with hypotension and fever. There were three deaths and four patients required intensive care unit stays. Among the two survivors, one had high morbidity. Only one patient met the criteria of Laboratory Risk Indicator for Necrotising Fasciitis score > 6. A clinician should suspect possible vibrio necrotising fasciitis if the following are present: contact with fresh seafood/warm seawater, a known history of chronic liver disease and pain that is out of proportion to cutaneous signs. All patients must be managed via intensive care in high dependency units. We recommend a two-step surgical protocol for patient management involving an initial local debridement, followed by a second-stage radical debridement and skin grafting.

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AgedAged, 80 and overDebridementEnd Stage Liver DiseaseFasciitis, NecrotizingFemaleFeverHepatitis BHumansHypotensionMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsSeafoodSeawaterLRINEC scoreoutcometreatmentvibrio necrotising fasciitis

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PMID28681055
PMCPMC5915640
OpenAlexW2730687290

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