Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections: Management and Outcomes in a Tertiary Care Hospital of North India

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Necrotizing soft tissue infections (NSTIs) are agroup of fulminant infections which can involve any part of thesoft tissue with high mortality rate. Hence, it requires promptrecognition and management consisting of critical care supportand widespread surgical debridement.Methods: The present study summarizes the epidemiology,clinical features, risk factors and treatment principles used tomanage cases of NSTIs in a Tertiary care hospital of Delhi.Results: NSTI was found to be more prevalent in males(72.06%), 66.17% of the cases were those who were alreadysuffering from comorbidities. A high mortality rate of 20.59%was observed in the study.Conclusion: Diagnosis is deciding factor for overall positiveoutcome in these cases, which is usually made on the basis ofclinical history, physical findings and high index of suspicion.Overall management needs a multidisciplinary approach.