Influence of comorbidities and age on outcome following burn injury in older adults

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 307-314

  Lundgren, Rachel S ^a   Kramer, C Bradley ^a   Rivara, Frederick P ^a,b   Wang, Jin ^a   Heimbach, David M ^a   Gibran, Nicole S ^a   Klein, Matthew B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BURN; BURN PATIENT; BURN UNIT; CALCULATION; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; NATIONAL DEATH INDEX; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BURNS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WASHINGTON;

EID: 62549129020     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e318198a416     Document Type: Article

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