The significance of peripheral skin temperature measurement during the acute phase of burn injury: An illustrative case report

Burns

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 750-753

  Renshaw, A ^a   Childs, C ^a,b  

^a BOOTH HALL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burns; Circulation; Resuscitation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURN; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; RESUSCITATION; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; BATHS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BURN UNITS; BURNS; CASE REPORT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PROGNOSIS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RESUSCITATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOMETERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033834183     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(00)00047-4     Document Type: Article

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