Tag: fasciitis

Now that Greg has made you afraid of necrotizing fasciitis…as you should be!

Steve Socransky • February 9, 2015 • 3 Comments

Greg posted a couple of cool cases of necrotizing fasciitis in December. We had a case of nec fasc in our department in the last few months that has made everyone quite wary! It has dropped our threshold for worrying about this nasty entity. I saw a patient last month who presented with diffuse cellulitis […]

Necrotizing Fasciitis: Let’s scare you into using POCUS shall we?

Greg Hall • December 13, 2014 • 0 Comments

Warning: Scary article ahead. Point-of-Care Ultrasound Diagnosis of Necrotizing Fasciitis Missed By Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging It’s one of those diagnoses that scares us. Hard to figure out clinically in many cases at initial presentation. Adjunctive tests can be false negative. How can we increase our sensitivity? Use your POCUS skills of […]