Epidemiology and mortality of adult burns in Catalonia

Burns

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 325-329

  Barret, J P ^a,b   Gomez, P ^a   Solano, I ^a   Gonzalez Dorrego, M ^a   Crisol, F J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Burns; Epidemiology; Mortality

Indexed keywords

FLAMMACERIUM;

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; LUNG BURN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; SPAIN; SURVIVAL; TIME OF DEATH;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BODY SURFACE AREA; BURNS; BURNS, INHALATION; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CERIUM; COMORBIDITY; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; SPAIN; SULFADIAZINE; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032767104     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(98)00190-9     Document Type: Article

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