Management of Burn Wounds in the Emergency Department

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 135-146

  Gómez, Rubén ^a   Cancio, Leopoldo C ^a  

^a US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACITRACIN; BICARBONATE; BIOBRANE; MANNITOL; NEOMYCIN; SULFADIAZINE SILVER;

BURN; BURN UNIT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRIC INJURY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HUMAN; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS; WOUND DRESSING;

EID: 33947713980     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: 07338627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2007.01.005     Document Type: Review

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