Cooling extensive burns: Sprayed coolants can improve initial cooling management. A thermography-based study

Burns

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 505-508

  Schnell, H M ^a   Zaspel, J G ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Burns; Coolant; Cooling; Homogeneity; Hypothermia; Initial treatment; Spray; Thermography

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BURN; COOLING; CORE TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHERMIA; NORMAL HUMAN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAPHY; TYMPANIC THERMOMETER;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; BURNS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; THERMOGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WATER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 41949084122     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2007.06.012     Document Type: Article

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