Inhalation burns in children

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 50-55

  Whitelock Jones, L ^a   Bass, D H ^a   Millar, A J W ^a   Rode, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Burns; Children; Inhalation injury

Indexed keywords

HOT WATER;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BURN; CHILD; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LARYNX INJURY; LUNG BURN; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STRIDOR; THERMAL INJURY; TRACHEA INJURY; TRACHEOSTOMY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

BURNS, INHALATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0032896447     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003830050511     Document Type: Article

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