Paediatric burns in Kuwait: Incidence, causes and mortality

Burns

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 104-111

  Sharma, Prem N ^a   Bang, Rameshwar L ^a   Al Fadhli, Ahmad N ^b   Sharma, Promila ^a   Bang, Sarla ^c   Ghoneim, Ibrahim E ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b Al Babtain Center for Burns and Plastic Surgery   (Kuwait)

^c IBN SINA HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Clinical features; Mortality; Paediatric burns; Predicting factors; Sustainable interventions

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CHEMICAL BURN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC BURN; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; SCALD; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY SURFACE AREA; BURNS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KUWAIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 30544436301     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2005.08.006     Document Type: Article

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