Predictive factors of mortality in burn patients

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 365-370

  De Macedo, Jefferson Lessa Soares ^a,c   Santos, João Barberino ^b  

^a Hospital Regional da Asa Norte   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c SQS 213 ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Burns; Infection; Mortality; Survival

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BODY SURFACE; BRAZIL; BURN; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHEMICAL INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC INJURY; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; SCALD; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 37849012020     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46652007000600006     Document Type: Article

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