Review Article
Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections: Surgeon’s Prospective
Table 3
Clinical score predictive of death for patients with necrotizing soft tissue infections [
51].
| Parameter | Score |
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Heart rate more than 110 beats per minute | 1 |
Temperature less than 36°C | 1 |
Serum creatinine more than 1.5 mg/dL | 1 |
Age more than 50 years | 3 |
White blood cell count more than 40,000/mcL | 3 |
Hematocrit more than 50% | 3 |
| Group category | Number of points | Percentage mortality |
| 1 | 0–2 | 6% | 2 | 3–5 | 24% | 3 | 6 or more | 88% |
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