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re: Woman dies after contracting flesh-eating bacteria, Husband blames delayed diagnosis

Posted on 5/11/18 at 11:44 am to
Posted by CrimsonTideMD
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Posted on 5/11/18 at 11:44 am to
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The only thing that would ever be done, test-wise, is a culture.


The LRINEC Scoring system is helpful. But I don't wait on results in cases where I suspect nec fasc; drop everything and go straight to the OR.

I've seen it spread from mid calf up to mid thigh in the hour it took between seeing the guy in the ED and getting the case started in the OR.
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