Physician uses telemedicine to diagnose necrotizing fasciitis in Maryland
An intensive care unit nurse in a small-town hospital on Maryland’s scenic Eastern Shore suspected that a patient had necrotizing fasciitis, the so-called “flesh-eating” disease. The condition is rare. Even experienced intensive care doctors seldom see it, and, since it was nighttime, no such physician was in the ICU. Pinning down the diagnosis was critical—and […]