Thermal and Electrical Injuries

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 185-206

  Pham, Tam N ^a   Gibran, Nicole S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANABOLIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTITHROMBIN; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BETA GLUCAN; COLLAGEN; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; MEMBRANE LIPID; MUSCLE PROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPSITE; OXANDROLONE; PENTASACCHARIDE; PETROLATUM; PLACEBO; POLYURETHAN; PROPRANOLOL; RECOMBINANT GROWTH HORMONE; SILICONE; SILVER; STEROID; SULFADIAZINE SILVER; TESTOSTERONE DERIVATIVE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ANEMIA; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY SURFACE; BURN; BURN EXCISION; CADAVER; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRIC BURN; ELECTRIC INJURY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; GAUZE DRESSING; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; HYPERMETABOLISM; INTENSIVE CARE; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; LUNG EMBOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INJURY; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THERMAL INJURY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

ANEMIA; ANIMALS; BANDAGES; BURNS; DISASTER PLANNING; ELECTRIC INJURIES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; SMOKE INHALATION INJURY;

EID: 33751235583     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2006.09.013     Document Type: Review

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