Is there still a place for comfort care in severe burns

Burns

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 754-756

  Platt, A J ^a   Phipps, A R ^a   Judkins, K ^a  

^a PINDERFIELDS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burns; Comfort care; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMFORT CARE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY SURFACE AREA; BURNS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION MAKING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESUSCITATION; SMOKE INHALATION INJURY; SUICIDE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032425902     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(98)00096-5     Document Type: Article

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