Burn injuries

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 183-191

  Marko, Peter ^a   Layon, A Joseph ^a   Caruso, Lawrence ^a   Mozingo, David W ^b   Gabrielli, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Burn injury; Inhalation injury; Thermal injury

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; CHOLINESTERASE; CYTOKINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY; BAROTRAUMA; BURN; CHILD; CHOLINESTERASE BLOOD LEVEL; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG INJURY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0037396767     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001503-200304000-00012     Document Type: Review

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