Case 6-2004: A 35-Year-Old Woman with Extensive, Deep Burns from a Nightclub Fire

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 350, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 810-821

  Sheridan, Robert L ^a,b,c   Schulz, John T ^a,b,c   Ryan, Colleen M ^a,b,c   McGinnis, Paul J ^a,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; CEFTAZIDIME; DIPHTHERIA TETANUS VACCINE; METHADONE; NARCOTIC AGENT; SULFADIAZINE SILVER; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTERY CATHETER; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BALLOON CATHETER; BURN; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FLUID THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PAIN; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WOUND INFECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; FIRE; INTENSIVE CARE; LUNG; LUNG EDEMA; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BURNS; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; FIRES; HUMANS; LUNG; PULMONARY EDEMA; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 1442333089     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcpc049001     Document Type: Review

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