Critical care and monitoring of the pediatric burn patient

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 929-932

  Pizano, Louis R ^a,b   Davies, Jennifer ^a,b   Corallo, Joseph P ^a,b   Cantwell, Patricia G ^a,b  

^a Jackson Memorial Burn Center ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Burns; Critical care; Pediatric burns; Pediatric critical care

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACITRACIN; MAFENIDE; NEOMYCIN; NEOSPORIN; SULFADIAZINE SILVER;

ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; BURN INFECTION; DEBRIDEMENT; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KERNICTERUS; LEUKOPENIA; LUNG BURN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NEPHROTOXICITY; NUTRITION; OTOTOXICITY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; BURN UNITS; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL CARE; HUMANS; INFANT; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PEDIATRICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55449118507     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e318175f3cd     Document Type: Article

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