Incidence of vomiting in burns and implications for mass burn casualty management

Burns

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 159-162

  Brown, Tim La H ^a   Hernon, C ^a   Owens, B ^a  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Casualty management; Mass burns; Vomiting

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; INFUSION FLUID; OPIATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT CARE; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY SURFACE AREA; BURNS; CHILD; DISASTERS; DRINKING; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VOMITING;

EID: 0037373737     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(02)00211-5     Document Type: Article

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