The FLAMES score accurately predicts mortality risk in burn patients

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 636-644

  Gomez, Manuel ^a   Wong, David T ^b   Stewart, Thomas E ^c   Redelmeier, Donald A ^a   Fish, Joel S ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age risk score; APACHE II score; Burns; FLAMES score; MOD score; Mortality prediction; Smith,s score

Indexed keywords

BACITRACIN; MAFENIDE; MAFENIDE ACETATE; POLYMYXIN B; POLYSPORIN; RINGER LACTATE SOLUTION; SULFADIAZINE SILVER;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; APACHE; ARTICLE; BURN; BURN EXCISION; BURN PATIENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FATALITY; FEMALE; FIRE; FLAMES SCORE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCALD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX RATIO; THERMAL INJURY; VALIDATION PROCESS; AGE; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BURNS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 67650280437     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181840c6d     Document Type: Article

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