Aetiology and outcome of burns in the elderly

Burns

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 802-805

  Rao, K ^a   Ali, S N ^a   Moiemen, N S ^a  

^a SELLY OAK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Co morbid factors; Elderly burns

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALCOHOLISM; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CHRONOTHERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURNS; CAUSE OF DEATH; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; METABOLIC DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748973380     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2006.03.024     Document Type: Article

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