NCT00538577

Outcome and Related Factors of Necrotizing Fasciitis of the Limb

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 25 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Tehran University of Medical Sciences · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Soft tissue necrotizing fasciitis of limbs are lethal infections and associated with high morbidity and mortality rates. The purpose of this study is to determine the clinical manifestations and factors affected the treatment outcome to predict the prognosis and make timely decision for appropriate management and prevent limb loss.

Detailed description

Patients that are admitted to hospital with the diagnosis of necrotizing fasciitis of a limb will be entered to this study. A questionnaire will be completed for each patient included demographic data, admission and diagnosis date, treatment onset, medical history for diabetes mellitus, HIV infection, use of immunosuppressor drugs, peripheral vascular disease, cancer, renal disease, intravenous drug abuse, and disease outcome that can be recovery, amputation or death.

Conditions

• Necrotizing Fasciitis

Timeline

• Start date: 2007-09-01
• Primary completion: 2009-06-01
• Completion: 2009-09-01
• First posted: 2007-10-02
• Last updated: 2009-10-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Iran