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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-3-2
pubmed:abstractText
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy has significantly improved the management of necrotizing fasciitis of the extremities and trunk. Its role in cervical necrotizing fasciitis has not been fully evaluated. Historically, necrotizing fasciitis has been associated with considerable morbidity and mortality. This report discusses our experience with cervical necrotizing fasciitis in six patients treated from 1986 to 1993 who received hyperbaric oxygen therapy. All patients survived. In all cases infection was of probable odontogenic origin. Most patients in whom necrotizing fasciitis develops have identifiable risk factors; however, two patients in this series were previously healthy, and there was no relationship between hospital course and identified risk factors. Clinical presentation and microbiology are reviewed together with the rationale for hyperbaric oxygen therapy as an adjunct to broad-spectrum antibiotics and aggressive early surgical debridement.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0194-5998
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
112
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
274-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7838552-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:7838552-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:7838552-Anti-Bacterial Agents, pubmed-meshheading:7838552-Combined Modality Therapy, pubmed-meshheading:7838552-Debridement, pubmed-meshheading:7838552-Dental Caries, pubmed-meshheading:7838552-Fasciitis, pubmed-meshheading:7838552-Female, pubmed-meshheading:7838552-Focal Infection, Dental, pubmed-meshheading:7838552-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:7838552-Hyperbaric Oxygenation, pubmed-meshheading:7838552-Length of Stay, pubmed-meshheading:7838552-Male, pubmed-meshheading:7838552-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:7838552-Neck, pubmed-meshheading:7838552-Necrosis, pubmed-meshheading:7838552-Periodontitis, pubmed-meshheading:7838552-Risk Factors, pubmed-meshheading:7838552-Survival Rate, pubmed-meshheading:7838552-Treatment Outcome
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Treatment of cervical necrotizing fasciitis with hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article