Which of the abbreviated burn severity index variables are having impact on the hospital length of stay?

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 163-166

  Andel, Dorothea ^a   Kamolz, Lars Peter ^a   Niedermayr, Monika ^a   Hoerauf, Klaus ^a   Schramm, Wolfgang ^a   Andel, Harald ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABBREVIATED BURN SEVERITY INDEX; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION AND FOLLOW UP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG BURN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME VARIABLE; SURVIVOR;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRIA; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVORS;

EID: 33846132611     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0B013E31802C9E8F     Document Type: Article

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