Comparison of premortem clinical diagnosis and autopsy findings in patients with burns

Burns

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 595-602

  Kallinen, Outi ^a   Partanen, Taina A ^a   Maisniemi, Kreu ^a   Böhling, Tom ^b   Tukiainen, Erkki ^a   Koljonen, Virve ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Burn injury; Diagnostic accuracy; Goldman criteria; Hot air sauna burn

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; BURN UNITS; BURNS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 44649092610     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2007.12.010     Document Type: Article

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