Pruritus in patients with small burn injuries

Burns

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 185-191

  Casaer, Michaël ^a   Kums, Valerie ^a   Wouters, Pieter J ^a   Van den kerckhove, Eric ^a   Van den Berghe, Greet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Burn; Outpatient burn clinic; Pruritus

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; SILICONE;

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PRURITUS; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURNS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38549171066     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2007.03.004     Document Type: Article

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