Mortality and causes of death in a burn centre

Burns

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1103-1107

  Bloemsma, G C ^a   Dokter, J ^a   Boxma, H ^a   Oen, I M M H ^a  

^a Medisch Centrum Rijnmond Zuid   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Burns; Causes of death; Mortality; Multisystem organ failure; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BLEEDING; BURN; BURN INFECTION; BURN SHOCK; BURN UNIT; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CRUSH SYNDROME; FATALITY; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY SURFACE AREA; BURN UNITS; BURNS; BURNS, INHALATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NETHERLANDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54249085401     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2008.02.010     Document Type: Article

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