Emergency management of pediatric burns

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 118-129

  Reed, Jennifer L ^a   Pomerantz, Wendy J ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Burns; Emergency care; Management

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DIPHTHERIA TETANUS VACCINE; MAFENIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; POLYSPORIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; SILVER NITRATE; SULFADIAZINE SILVER; TETANUS ANTIBODY; TETANUS TOXOID;

BLISTER; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CHEMICAL BURN; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRIC BURN; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; ESCHAR; FIRST AID; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; INFECTION; KERNICTERUS; LEUKOPENIA; LUNG BURN; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN DEFECT; TETANUS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; WOUND DRESSING;

ADOLESCENT; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMANS; INFANT;

EID: 13844269313     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000159058.95424.0d     Document Type: Review

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