LABORATORY RISK INDICATOR FOR NECROTIZING FASCIITIS SCORE AND THE OUTCOMES

@article{Su2008LABORATORYRI,
  title={LABORATORY RISK INDICATOR FOR NECROTIZING FASCIITIS SCORE AND THE OUTCOMES},
  author={Yi-Chun Su and Hung-Wen Chen and Yu-Cheng Hong and Chih-Tsung Chen and Cheng-ting Hsiao and I-Chuan Chen},
  journal={ANZ Journal of Surgery},
  year={2008},
  volume={78}
}
Background:  Laboratory risk indicator for necrotizing fasciitis (LRINEC score) is a simple laboratory tool used to distinguish between necrotizing soft‐tissue infections (NSTI) and other soft‐tissue infections. A LRINEC score of ≥6 is considered as denoting a high risk of necrotizing fasciitis. A certain LRINEC score might also be associated with mortality and other outcomes of patients with NSTI. 
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Laboratory Risk Indicator for Necrotizing Fasciitis score for early diagnosis of necrotizing fasciitis in Darwin
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This work aims to assess the diagnostic efficacy of the LRINEC score in the population of the Northern Territory of Australia and uses six routine biochemical variables to aid early diagnosis of Necrotizing Fasciitis.
Laboratory Risk Indicators for Necrotizing Fasciitis and Associations with Mortality
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Beside its diagnostic role, LRINEC scoring could predict worse hospital outcomes in patients with NF and simply identify the high-risk patients, however, further prospective studies are needed to support this finding.
Validation of LRINEC (Laboratory Risk Indicators for Diagnosis of Necrotizing Fasciitis) Scoring System for the Diagnosis of Necrotizing Fasciitis
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The LRINEC score is an impressive diagnostic tool to distinguish necrotized fasciitis from other severe soft tissue infections, but it is not useful for early recognition of necrotizing fAsciitis.
Necrotizing fasciitis: diagnostic and prognostic value of laboratory risk indicator for necrotizing fasciitis score
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Skin and soft tissue infections (SSTI) were first described in the Hippocratic era and they have variable etiology, clinical presentations and severity, and it is very important to diagnose the early change.
Correlation of the laboratory risk indicators for necrotizing fasciitis (LRINEC) score with the clinical features and surgical management of necrotizing soft tissue infections
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The LRINEC score is a robust score capable of detecting even clinically early cases of necrotizing fasciitis, and its utility in early surgical management of NSTI is demonstrated.
Necrotizing soft tissue infections for the orthopaedic surgeon
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LRINEC: An Objective Scoring System as a tool for early diagnosis of Necrotizing Fasciitis
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LRINEC scoring system has a better positive predictive value in identifying the onset of necrotizing fasciitis and risk strategizing of the patients with severe soft tissue infections.
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