Predictors of mortality: A comparison between two burn wound treatment policies

Burns

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 167-172

  Vehmeyer Heeman, M ^a   Van Holder, C ^a   Nieman, F ^a   Van den Kerckhove, E ^a   Boeckx, W ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Burns; Cerium nitrate silver sulphadiazine; Mortality; Sequential excision

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; FLAMMACERIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; CHILD; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BURN UNITS; BURNS; CERIUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SILVER SULFADIAZINE; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 33846610590     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2006.07.014     Document Type: Article

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