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Table 1 Comparison between the deaths and survivors for charcteristics at first consultation in the ER and ward

From: Bacteriology and mortality of necrotizing fasciitis in a tertiary coastal hospital with comparing risk indicators of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Vibrio vulnificus infections: a prospective study

  

Deaths

Survivors

 
  

N = 20

N = 164

P value

Age (years)

Mean

66.6

66.1

0.55

Gender (%)

    

 Male

 

9 (45)

111 (67.7)

 

 Female

 

11 (55)

53 (32.3)

 

Interval from contact or injury to presentation at ER (days)

Mean

2.2

3.4

0.32

Interval from diagnosis at ER to first operation (hours)

Mean

4.3

5.8

0.22

Underlying chronic disease (%)

    

 Hepatic dysfunction and DM

 

8 (40)

30 (18.3)

0.037*

 Hepatic dysfunction alone

 

7 (35)

48 (29.3)

0.61

 Diabetes Mellitus alone or with others

 

1 (5)

35 (21.3)

0.13

 Chronic renal insufficiency

 

1 (5)

8 (4.9)

 

 Heart disease

 

2 (10)

19 (11.6)

 

 Cancer

 

1 (5)

8 (4.9)

 

 Gout

 

0

4 (2.4)

 

 Nil

 

0

12 (7.3)

 

Wound location (%)

   

0.47

 Upper extremity

 

10 (50)

93 (56.7)

 

 Lower extremity

 

10 (50)

61 (43.3)

 

First operation

   

0.29

 Fasciotomy

 

19 (95)

162 (98.7)

 

 Amputation

 

1 (5)

2 (1.3)

 

Final operation after first fasciotomy (%)

 

19

162

 

 Amputation

 

2 (10.5)

8 (4.9)

 

 Split-thickness skin graft

 

0

80 (49.4)

 

 Flap

 

0

6 (3.7)

 

 Debridement

 

8 (42.1)

46 (28.4)

 

 Without secondary operation

 

9 (47.4)

22 (13.6)

 

Hospital days

Mean

34.25

35.21

0.08

  1. Hepatic dysfunction included liver cirrhosis, hepatitis B or C, hepatocellular carcinoma, and alcoholic liver disease
  2. *Mean p < 0.05 and the difference was significant