Prediction of morbidity and mortality on admission to a burn unit

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 116-120

  Meshulam Derazon, Sagit ^a   Nachumovsky, Shira ^b   Ad El, Dean ^b   Sulkes, Jaqueline ^b   Hauben, Daniel J ^b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG BURN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPERATION DURATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VARIANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY SURFACE AREA; BURNS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKE INHALATION INJURY;

EID: 33746801642     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000221111.89812.ad     Document Type: Article

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