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Prognostic Aspects, Survival Rate, and Predisposing Risk Factors in Patients with Fournier's Gangrene and Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections: Evaluation of Clinical Outcome of 55 Patients
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Objective: To determine predisposing or prognostic factors and mortality rates of patients with Fournier’s gangrene compared to other necrotizing soft tissue infections (NSTI). Material and Methods: Data of 55 intensive care patients (1981–2010) with NSTI were evaluated. Data were collected prospectively. Results: 43.4% of the patients were in septic condition and 27.3% were hemodynamically unstable. Half of the patients showed predisposing factors (52.7%). The lower extremity (63.2%), abdomen (30.9%), and perineum (14.5%) were most affected. Polymicrobial infections were frequent (65.5%, mean 2.8, range: 1–4). The mortality rate was 16.4% (n = 9). An increase was shown for diabetes mellitus (20%), cardiac insufficiency (22.3%), septic condition at presentation (33.3%), abdominal affection (47.1%), and hemodynamic instability (46.7%). Comparing survivors and nonsurvivors, statistical significance was seen with age (p < 0.001), septic condition at admission (p < 0.001), hemodynamic instability (p < 0.001), low blood pressure (p < 0.001), and abdominal affection (p < 0.001). In laboratory findings, an increase of creatine kinase (p < 0.001) and lactate (p < 0.001) and a decrease of antithrombin III (p < 0.007) and the Quick value (p < 0.01) proved to be significant. Conclusion: Patients with Fournier’s gangrene do not differ in all aspects from those with other NSTI. Successful treatment consists of immediate surgical debridement, broad-spectrum antibiotic treatment, and critical care management. Supportive hyperbaric oxygen therapy should be considered.
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“At the time of admission, 52.7% of the patients received controlled respiration, 43.6% were already septic, and 27.3% showed hemodynamic instability, necessitating the application of vasopressors.”
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“An increase in the mortality rate could be seen in patients with diabetes mellitus (20%), cardiac insufficiency (22.3%), a septic condition at presentation (33.3%), muscular involvement (38.9%), and above all if the abdomen was affected (47.1%) or the disease had already caused hemodynamic instability (46.7%).”
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“Patients with Fournier's gangrene did not show significant differences concerning any item compared to other localizations of NSTI ( table 1 ).”
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“Approximately half (52.7%) of the patients showed predisposing factors, about a third (32.7%) of the patients had a cardiac insufficiency NYHA II and higher, and 27.3 and 25.4% suffered from diabetes mellitus and hypertension, respectively.”
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“muscular involvement (77.8 vs. 4.34%, p ! 0.001).”
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“Hemodynamically unstable 27.3% | n = 15 | 20.0% | n = 2 | 27.6% | n = 13 | n.s. | |”
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- Authors
- Martinschek, A., Evers, B., Lampl, L., Gerngroß, H., Schmidt, R., & Sparwasser, C.
- Affiliations
- Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Ulm (DE)
- ORCID
- Martinschek, A.
- Venue
- Urologia Internationalis
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- S. Karger AG
- Published
- 2012
- Volume
- 89
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 173-179
- ISSN
- 0042-1138 (ISSN-L)
- 1423-0399
- OpenAlex
- W1979554200
- Semantic Scholar
- e5487587818a3f1ecfcbcd142e1edb8aee7bbc80
- Cited by
- 112
- References
- 30
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- FWCI
- 4.25
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
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- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Otolaryngology and Infectious Diseases
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
- Keywords
- Fournier's gangrene, necrotizing soft tissue infection, prognostic factors, mortality, risk factors, sepsis, hemodynamic instability, co-infection, diabetes mellitus, heart failure, abdominal involvement, perineal infection, creatine kinase, lactate, antithrombin III, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, surgical debridement, intensive care
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Critical Care, Debridement, Female, Hemodynamics, Humans, Hyperbaric Oxygenation, Male, Middle Aged, Necrosis, Prospective Studies, Risk Factors, Survival Rate, Treatment Outcome, Soft Tissue Infections, Fournier Gangrene, Coinfection
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