Outcome and changes over time in survival following severe burns from 1985 to 2004

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1648-1653

  Brusselaers, Nele ^a   Hoste, Eric A J ^a,b   Monstrey, Stan ^a   Colpaert, Kirsten E ^a   De Waele, Jan J ^a   Vandewoude, Koenraad H ^a,b   Blot, Stijn I ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Burns; Mortality; Outcome; Scoring system

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG BURN; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELGIUM; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 27944451339     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-005-2819-6     Document Type: Article

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