Evaluation of the burn wound with perfusion fluorometry

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1983, Pages 202-206

  Gatti, John E ^a   LaRossa, Donato ^a   Silverman, David G ^a   Hartford, Charles E ^b  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CROZER CHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN;

BURN DEPTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; FLUOROMETRY; HUMAN; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; MICROCIRCULATION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SYSTEM; SKIN BLOOD FLOW;

BURNS; FLUORESCENT DYES; FLUOROMETRY; HUMAN; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0020570460     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-198303000-00004     Document Type: Article

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