Mortality according to age and burned body surface in the Virgen del Rocio University Hospital

Burns

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 317-323

  Gomez Cia T ^a   Mallen J ^a   Marquez T ^a   Portela, C ^a   Lopez, I ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Burns; Evaluation of medical attendance; Mortality curves; Probability of death

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CHILD; CLINICAL MEDICINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PROBABILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BIOLOGICAL DRESSINGS; BODY SURFACE AREA; BURNS; CERIUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLORHEXIDINE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ENTERAL NUTRITION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; PROBABILITY; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SILVER SULFADIAZINE; SPAIN; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0345593811     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(98)00126-0     Document Type: Article

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