Transfusions in burn patients with/without comorbidities

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 268-273

  Boral, Leonard ^a   Kowal Vern, Areta ^b,d   Yogore III, Mariano ^b   Patel, Harita ^b   Latenser, Barbara A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^d Sumner L Koch Burn Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DALTEPARIN; ENOXAPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY SURFACE; BURN; BURN PATIENT; BURN UNIT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; STROKE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BURNS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 62549116116     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e318198a22f     Document Type: Article

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