Factors influencing the early prediction of outcome from burns

Acta Chirurgiae Plasticae

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 122-127

  Raff, T ^a,b   Germann, G ^a   Barthold, U ^a  

^a BG UNFALLKLINIK LUDWIGSHAFEN   (Germany)

^b Burn Centre   (Germany)

Author keywords

Burns; Mortality; Risk factors; Scoring methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG BURN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT; SURVIVAL; THICKNESS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY SURFACE AREA; BURN UNITS; BURNS; BURNS, INHALATION; DISEASE; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030451323     PISSN: 03230414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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