Scalds in pediatric emergency department: A 5-year experience

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 450-456

  Guzel, Ahmet ^a   Aksu, Burhan ^a   Aylanç, Hakan ^a   Duran, Ridvan ^a   Karasalihoglu, Serap ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOT WATER; WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FIRST AID; FOOD PROCESSING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEDIATRIC WARD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCALD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND IRRIGATION; BURN; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; BURNS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WATER;

EID: 67849088659     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e3181a28cac     Document Type: Article

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