Outpatient and emergency department management of thermal injuries

Problems in General Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-15

  Robb, Bruce W ^a   Kagan, Richard J ^a,b  

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

^b SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BACITRACIN; CYPROHEPTADINE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DOXEPIN; HYDROXYZINE; LANOLIN ALCOHOL; MEDISOL; NARCOTIC AGENT; ORANGE SOL; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; POLYSPORIN; SULFADIAZINE SILVER; TETANUS TOXOID; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

BODY SURFACE; BURN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION THERAPY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEBRIDEMENT; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INJURY SCALE; JOINT MOBILITY; LONG TERM CARE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PAIN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; REVIEW; SCAR; SOMNOLENCE; SPLINT; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SUN EXPOSURE; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS; THERMAL INJURY; TREATMENT INDICATION; WOUND CARE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0141684549     PISSN: 07398328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013452-200303000-00003     Document Type: Review

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