A Case-matched controlled study on high-voltage electrical injuries vs thermal burns

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 400-407

  Handschin, Alexander E ^a   Vetter, Sebastian ^a   Jung, Florian J ^a   Guggenheim, Merlin ^a   Künzi, Walter ^a   Giovanoli, Pietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE;

ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; BURN PATIENT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRIC BURN; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EYE INJURY; FASCIOTOMY; FEMALE; FREE SKIN GRAFT; GRAFT FAILURE; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; HUMAN; KERATITIS; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PSYCHOSIS; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SEPSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN FLAP; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THERMAL INJURY; VEIN THROMBOSIS; BURN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; INJURY SCALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REGISTER; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPUTATION; BURNS; BURNS, ELECTRIC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGISTRIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67849083022     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e3181a289a6     Document Type: Article

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