Characteristics of thermal burns in children admitted to an Israeli pediatric surgical ward

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 282-286

  Serour, Francis ^a,b   Gorenstein, Arkadi ^a,b   Boaz, Mona ^a,b  

^a WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Burns; Children Israel; Epidemiology; Hospitalization; Scald; Total body surface area

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; PREDNISOLONE; SULFADIAZINE SILVER;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD SAFETY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ISRAEL; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCALD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL WARD; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND INFECTION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; ISRAEL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 43249130724     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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