Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 11.
Published in final edited form as: J Emerg Med. 2018 Aug 28;55(5):693–701. doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2018.07.010

Table 2.

Location and Physical Examination Findings of theIncluded SSTI Lesions

POCUS (n = 232) Non-POCUS (n = 95) p-Value
Location of lesions, n (%)
 Head/neck (excluding face) 9 (3.9) 6 (6.3) 0.339
 Chest/abdomen/back 38 (16.4) 19(20.0) 0.923
 Genital/perineum 44 (19.0) 6 (6.3) 0.0031
 Upper extremity 39 (16.8) 21 (22.1) 0.261
 Lower extremity 102 (44.0) 43 (45.2) 0.999
Characteristics of lesions Mean (SD) Mean (SD)
 Erythema length (cm) 5.3 (4.4) 5.5 (3.8) 0.613
 Erythema width (cm) 4.5 (3.8) 5.1 (4.0) 0.238
 Induration length (cm) 3.7 (3.1) 3.1 (2.9) 0.129
 Induration width (cm) 3.2 (2.5) 3 (3.2) 0.650
 Fluctuance length (cm) 1.5 (2.1) 1.1 (1.6) 0.119
 Fluctuance width (cm) 1.3 (1.7) 1.2 (1.5) 0.632
n (%) n (%)
Lymphangitis 2 (0.9) 3 (3.2) 0.125

SSTI = skin and soft tissue infection; POCUS = point-of-care ultrasound.