LRINEC Score for Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection
Screens for necrotizing soft tissue infections.
INSTRUCTIONS
If high suspicion for necrotizing fasciitis through clinical history and physical exam, do not calculate a LRINEC score and go straight to operative debridement.
Note: Use with caution, as the LRINEC Score has performed poorly in external validation, most recently in Neeki 2017.
Note: Use with caution, as the LRINEC Score has performed poorly in external validation, most recently in Neeki 2017.
When to Use
Pearls/Pitfalls
Why Use
<15 mg/dL (150 mg/L)
0≥15 mg/dL (150 mg/L)
+4<15
015-25
+1>25
+2>13.5
011-13.5
+1<11
+2≥135
0<135
+2≤1.6 mg/dL (141 µmol/L)
0>1.6 mg/dL (141 µmol/L)
+2≤180 mg/dL (10 mmol/L)
0>180 mg/dL (10 mmol/L)
+1Result:
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