Emergency and early management of burns and scalds

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 338, Issue 7700, 2009, Pages 937-941

  Enoch, Stuart ^a   Roshan, Amit ^b   Shah, Mamta ^a,c  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c BOOTH HALL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOBRANE; DIAMORPHINE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; OPIATE; SULFADIAZINE SILVER;

BLISTER; BURN; BURN DRESSING; BURN INFECTION; BURN UNIT; CHEMICAL BURN; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EPITHELIZATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LAVAGE; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PAIN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SCALD; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUNBURN; THERMODILUTION;

BURN UNITS; BURNS; CICATRIX; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PROGNOSIS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESUSCITATION; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 67649159906     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b1037     Document Type: Review

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