NECROtizing Soft Tissue Infections and Their Scoring System

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Total Enrollment

1010 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-11-01

Study Completion Date

2023-01-30

Brief Summary

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Primary Objective:

The primary objective of this study is to develop and validate a clinical risk index score for identifying NSTIs in emergency general surgery patients being evaluated for a severe skin and soft tissue infection.

Secondary Objectives:

To describe the contemporary microbiology of NSTIs and explore the effects on outcomes and to identify predictors of amputation and mortality.

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Detailed Description

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This study is designed as a multicenter, prospective, observational study. There will be no direct interaction with subjects and involves no interventions; study is conducted completely via review of electronic health records. Our site will only collect data from the Methodist Dallas Medical Center. We plan to complete the data collection and analysis by 12/30/2021.

Conditions

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Necrosis

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

OTHER

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Interventions

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Necrotizing soft tissue infections (NSTIs)

There will be no direct interaction with subjects and involves no interventions; study is conducted completely via review of electronic health records. Our site will only collect data from the Methodist Dallas Medical Center.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* All adult patients (age ≥18 years old and ≤89 years old) with suspected or confirmed NSTI

Exclusion Criteria

* Age \<18 years old and age \> 89 years
* Pregnancy
* Prisoners
* Below ankle diabetic foot infections complicated by peripheral vascular disease
* Burn wounds

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

89 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No