Influence of inadequate prehospital and primary hospital treatment on the maturation of scars after thermal injuries

Acta Chirurgiae Plasticae

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 18-21

  Hamanová, Hana ^a   Broz L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HRADEC KRALOVE   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Burns medicine; Hypertrophic scar; Lay first aid; Prehospital care; Scar maturation; Thermal injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURN CONTRACTURE; BURN SCAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; HYPOPIGMENTATION; HYPOTHESIS; INFANT; KELOID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SCAR FORMATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN SCAR; THERMAL INJURY;

BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CICATRIX; CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; PATIENT CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037277888     PISSN: 00015423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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