A Erdoğan1, I Aydoğan1, K Şenol2, E M Üçkan1, Ş Ersöz1, M Tez3. 1. Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, Cengizhan cad., 10/3 Bahçelievler, 06500, Ankara, Turkey. 2. Bursa State Hospital, Bursa, Turkey. 3. Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, Cengizhan cad., 10/3 Bahçelievler, 06500, Ankara, Turkey. mesuttez@yahoo.com.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To create new scoring system for prediction of hospital mortality for patients with Fournier's gangrene(FG). MATERIAL AND METHOD: In total, 84 patients with FG were enrolled into this study. The demographic and clinical characteristics of patients were analyzed retrospectively. RESULTS: The mortality rate was 11.9 %. On multivariate analyses, age >60 years, BUN >40 mg/dl, RDW >14.95 %, albumin level <20 mg/dl and presence of sepsis were significant and independent predictors of mortality. The predictive value of our score for mortality was 95.1 %. CONCLUSION: Our scoring system shows adequate discriminatory function for prediction of mortality in patients with FG. Further larger scale studies can improve the performance of our score.
PURPOSE: To create new scoring system for prediction of hospital mortality for patients with Fournier's gangrene(FG). MATERIAL AND METHOD: In total, 84 patients with FG were enrolled into this study. The demographic and clinical characteristics of patients were analyzed retrospectively. RESULTS: The mortality rate was 11.9 %. On multivariate analyses, age >60 years, BUN >40 mg/dl, RDW >14.95 %, albumin level <20 mg/dl and presence of sepsis were significant and independent predictors of mortality. The predictive value of our score for mortality was 95.1 %. CONCLUSION: Our scoring system shows adequate discriminatory function for prediction of mortality in patients with FG. Further larger scale studies can improve the performance of our score.
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