Foot burns: Epidemiology and management

Burns

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1041-1045

  Hemington Gorse, S ^a   Pellard, S ^a   Wilson Jones, N ^a   Potokar, T ^a  

^a MORRISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemilogy; Foot burns; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE ACETATE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; SILVER DERIVATIVE; SULFADIAZINE SILVER; WOUND HEALING PROMOTING AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BURN; CHEMICAL BURN; CHILD; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOOT INJURY; GRAFT FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCALD; SEX RATIO; UNITED KINGDOM; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BURN UNITS; BURNS; BURNS, CHEMICAL; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOT INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; WALES; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 35748937040     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2006.11.014     Document Type: Article

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