Mortality risk and length of stay associated with self-inflicted burn injury: Evidence from a national sample of 30,382 adult patients

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 118-125

  Thombs, Brett D ^a   Bresnick, Melissa G ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Attempted suicide; Burns; Hospital mortality; Length of stay; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BODY SURFACE; BURN; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; THERMAL INJURY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37549014884     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000293122.43433.72     Document Type: Article

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