Excision and skin grafting of thermal burns

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 360, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 893-901

  Orgill, Dennis P ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BODY SURFACE; BURN; BURN EXCISION; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HUMAN; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; THERAPY EFFECT; TUBE FEEDING; CLASSIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW;

BURNS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 61449094816     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMct0804451     Document Type: Article

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