Epidemiology, morbidity, mortality and treatment of lightning injuries in a Turkish burns units

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 502-504

  Kessaf Aslar, A ^a,b   Soran, A ^a,b   Yildiz, Y ^a,b   Isik, Y ^a,b  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Sehit Cetin Gorgü S ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACCIDENT; ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BURN; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTITIS; DEATH; ELECTRIC INJURY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOM; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BURN UNITS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHTNING INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TURKEY;

EID: 0034763062     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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