Initial management of burns

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 335, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 1581-1586

  Monafo, William W ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; CHONDROITIN 6 SULFATE; HEPARIN; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; MAFENIDE ACETATE; NITRIC OXIDE; RINGER LACTATE SOLUTION; SILVER NITRATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFADIAZINE SILVER;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLEEDING; BURN; BURN INFECTION; BURN SHOCK; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLLOID; FLUID THERAPY; HIGH FREQUENCY VENTILATION; HUMAN; LUNG BURN; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DRESSING;

ALGORITHMS; BURNS; BURNS, INHALATION; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SHOCK, TRAUMATIC;

EID: 0029844891     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199611213352108     Document Type: Review

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