Elderly patients discharged home from the emergency department with minor burns

Burns

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 717-720

  Ehrlich, Amy R ^a,b   Kathpalia, Suruchii ^a   Boyarsky, Yael ^a   Schechter, Alan ^a   Bijur, Polly ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooking; Elderly; Minor burns

Indexed keywords

AGED; BURN; COMORBIDITY; COOKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HOME; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT REFERRAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SCALD; SENESCENCE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 23944458800     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2004.12.008     Document Type: Article

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