Children under 4 years are at greater risk of mortality following acute burn injury: Evidence from a national sample of 12,902 pediatric admissions

Shock

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 348-352

  Thombs, Brett D ^a,b   Singh, Vijay A ^a   Milner, Stephen M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burns; Infant; Mortality; National Data Repository; Young age

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BURN; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE;

EID: 33748752878     PISSN: 10732322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.shk.0000228170.94468.e1     Document Type: Article

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