Prognosis and treatment of burns

Western Journal of Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 215-220

  Mann, Roberta ^a   Heimbach, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHONDROITIN 6 SULFATE; COLLAGEN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; SILASTIC;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BURN; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; LUNG BURN; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION; SEPSIS; SKIN GRAFT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND INFECTION;

BURNS; EDUCATION; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0029802656     PISSN: 00930415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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