Pediatric upper extremity burns: Outcomes of emergency department triage and outpatient management

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 77-81

  Ewings, Ember Lee ^a,b,c   Pollack, Jonathan ^a,b,c  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ST JOHN S MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SSM Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; BURN CONTRACTURE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FASCIOTOMY; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; INFANT; INFECTION COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PARENT COUNSELING; PLASTIC SURGERY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE; OUTPATIENTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIAGE; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 38049049742     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e31815fa46e     Document Type: Article

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