Effects on mortality of changing trends in the management of burned children in Turkey: Eight years' experience

Burns

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 372-377

  Senel, E ^a   Yasti, A C ^b   Reis, E ^b   Doganay, M ^b   Karacan, C D ^a   Kama, N A ^b  

^a Ankara Oncology Research and Training Hospital   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Burn; Candida; Flame; Mortality; Paediatric

Indexed keywords

FUSIDATE SODIUM; NITROFURAL; PETROLATUM; RIFAMYCIN; SULFADIAZINE SILVER;

ADOLESCENT; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CANDIDEMIA; CHEMICAL BURN; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC BURN; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCALD; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN SURGERY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WOUND INFECTION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BURN UNIT; BURNS; CANDIDIASIS; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TRENDS; TURKEY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY SURFACE AREA; BURN UNITS; BURNS; CANDIDIASIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TURKEY;

EID: 61549085005     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2008.07.020     Document Type: Article

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