Diane N. Haddad

Interhospital Transfer Patients With Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections: An Evaluation of the Role for Pretransport Operation

BACKGROUND: Early debridement is the cornerstone of treatment for necrotizing soft tissue infections (NSTI), but patients are frequently transferred for management. We described practice patterns, hypothesizing that pre-transfer NSTI debridement is associated with improved outcom...