Epidemiology and outcome of burns at Khyber Teaching Hospital Peshawar

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 420-424

  Rooh ul Muqim, ^a,b   Zareen, Mohammad ^a   Dilbag, ^a   Hayat, Muhammad ^a   Khan, M Irfan ^a  

^a KHYBER TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b Department of Surgery ^*  (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Burns; Epidemiology; Outcome; Thermal injury

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DEBRIDEMENT; ELECTRIC BURN; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PAKISTAN; SCALD; SEPSIS; SHOCK; SKIN GRAFT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DRESSING;

EID: 34347340651     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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