Simple scoring system for prediction of mortality in Fournier's gangrene

Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg. 2016 Aug;42(4):513-518. doi: 10.1007/s00068-015-0572-2. Epub 2015 Sep 11.

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.

Keywords: Fournier’s gangrene; Mortality; Prediction; Scoring.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Alanine Transaminase / blood
  • Alkaline Phosphatase / blood
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Aspartate Aminotransferases / blood
  • Bilirubin / blood
  • Biomarkers / blood
  • Colostomy / statistics & numerical data*
  • Creatinine / blood
  • Debridement / methods*
  • Early Diagnosis
  • Female
  • Fournier Gangrene / blood
  • Fournier Gangrene / diagnosis*
  • Fournier Gangrene / mortality*
  • Hospital Mortality*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Prognosis
  • ROC Curve
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Survival Rate
  • Urea / metabolism
  • Young Adult
  • gamma-Glutamyltransferase / blood

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Biomarkers
  • Urea
  • Creatinine
  • gamma-Glutamyltransferase
  • Aspartate Aminotransferases
  • Alanine Transaminase
  • Alkaline Phosphatase
  • Bilirubin