Sequential excision and grafting of the burn injuries of 1507 patients treated between 1967 and 1986: End results and the determinants of death

Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 137-146

  Caldwell Jr , F T ^a,b   Wallace, B H ^a,b   Cone, J B ^a,b  

^a Arkansas Children's Hospital ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; BURN EXCISION; CHILD; DEBRIDEMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG BURN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; SKIN GRAFT; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029922388     PISSN: 02738481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004630-199603000-00007     Document Type: Article

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