Decreasing length of hospital stay by early excision and grafting of burns

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 578-582

  Still Jr , Joseph M ^a   Law, Edward J ^a,b   Belcher, Keith ^a   Thiruvaiyarv, Dharma ^a  

^a AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; SILVER NITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTOGRAFT; BURN; BURN EXCISION; CAUTERIZATION; CHILD; DEBRIDEMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; XENOGRAFT;

EID: 0030015061     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199606000-00005     Document Type: Article

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