Current expectations for survival in pediatric burns

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 245-249

  Sheridan, Robert L ^a,b   Remensnyder, John P ^a   Schnitzer, Jay J ^a   Schulz, John T ^a   Ryan, Colleen M ^a   Tompkins, Ronald G ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SEPSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CLOSURE;

EID: 0034007790     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.154.3.245     Document Type: Article

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