The community nurse's role in early identification of necrotising fasciitis: raising awareness.

Necrotising fasciitis (NF) is a rare, life-threatening condition (Laube and Farrell, 2002). It is otherwise frequently known as 'the flesh-eating disease', hospital gangrene and necrotising erysipelas (Tsitsilonis et al, 2013). Challenging to recognise and rapidly progressing, NF is associated with...

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Published in:Journal of Community Nursing Vol. 32; no. 3; pp. 45 - 50
Main Author: Symonds, Heather
Format: review tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Wound Care People Limited Jun2018
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