Disseminated intravascular coagulation: A rare entity in burn injury

Burns

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 354-357

  Barret, Juan P ^a,b   Gomez, Pablo A ^b  

^a BROOMFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bleeding; Burns; DIC; Shock

Indexed keywords

BURN; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FIBRINOLYSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PATHOGENESIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; REVIEW;

EID: 14944349050     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2004.11.006     Document Type: Article

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