Pediatric electrical burns: Management strategies

Burns

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 413-420

  Zubair, Muhammad ^a   Besner, Gail E ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Admissioin criteria; Electrical burns; Management; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BITE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC BURN; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIGHTNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BURNS, ELECTRIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CREATINE KINASE; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOGLOBINURIA; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030777523     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(97)00028-4     Document Type: Article

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