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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
[[X-rays]] are utilized in the evaluation of [[gas gangrene]] to identify any present [[subcutaneous gas]].<ref name="pmid29211672">{{cite journal| author=Stevens DL, Bryant AE| title=Necrotizing Soft-Tissue Infections. | journal=N Engl J Med | year= 2017 | volume= 377 | issue= 23 | pages= 2253-2265 | pmid=29211672 | doi=10.1056/NEJMra1600673 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=29211672 }} </ref> <ref name="pmid29910628">{{cite journal| author=Al Wahbi A| title=Autoamputation of diabetic toe with dry gangrene: a myth or a fact? | journal=Diabetes Metab Syndr Obes | year= 2018 | volume= 11 | issue= | pages= 255-264 | pmid=29910628 | doi=10.2147/DMSO.S164199 | pmc=5987754 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=29910628 }} </ref> | |||
==X-ray Findings== | |||
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[[Gas]] is observed on an [[X-ray]] of the [[foot]] of a [[patient]] with [[diabetes]] '''(Image courtesy of Biomed Central)'''. | |||
== | *[[X-rays]] are utilized in the evaluation of [[gas gangrene]] to identify any present [[subcutaneous gas]].<ref name="pmid29211672">{{cite journal| author=Stevens DL, Bryant AE| title=Necrotizing Soft-Tissue Infections. | journal=N Engl J Med | year= 2017 | volume= 377 | issue= 23 | pages= 2253-2265 | pmid=29211672 | doi=10.1056/NEJMra1600673 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=29211672 }} </ref> <ref name="pmid29910628">{{cite journal| author=Al Wahbi A| title=Autoamputation of diabetic toe with dry gangrene: a myth or a fact? | journal=Diabetes Metab Syndr Obes | year= 2018 | volume= 11 | issue= | pages= 255-264 | pmid=29910628 | doi=10.2147/DMSO.S164199 | pmc=5987754 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=29910628 }} </ref> | ||
*If [[crepitus]] is observed, [[surgical operation]] should not be delayed.<ref name="pmid2659990">{{cite journal| author=Stevens DL, Tanner MH, Winship J, Swarts R, Ries KM, Schlievert PM | display-authors=etal| title=Severe group A streptococcal infections associated with a toxic shock-like syndrome and scarlet fever toxin A. | journal=N Engl J Med | year= 1989 | volume= 321 | issue= 1 | pages= 1-7 | pmid=2659990 | doi=10.1056/NEJM198907063210101 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=2659990 }} </ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
X-rays are utilized in the evaluation of gas gangrene to identify any present subcutaneous gas.[1] [2]
X-ray Findings
Gas is observed on an X-ray of the foot of a patient with diabetes (Image courtesy of Biomed Central).
- X-rays are utilized in the evaluation of gas gangrene to identify any present subcutaneous gas.[1] [2]
- If crepitus is observed, surgical operation should not be delayed.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Stevens DL, Bryant AE (2017). "Necrotizing Soft-Tissue Infections". N Engl J Med. 377 (23): 2253–2265. doi:10.1056/NEJMra1600673. PMID 29211672.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Al Wahbi A (2018). "Autoamputation of diabetic toe with dry gangrene: a myth or a fact?". Diabetes Metab Syndr Obes. 11: 255–264. doi:10.2147/DMSO.S164199. PMC 5987754. PMID 29910628.
- ↑ Stevens DL, Tanner MH, Winship J, Swarts R, Ries KM, Schlievert PM; et al. (1989). "Severe group A streptococcal infections associated with a toxic shock-like syndrome and scarlet fever toxin A." N Engl J Med. 321 (1): 1–7. doi:10.1056/NEJM198907063210101. PMID 2659990.