Evaluation of mortality following severe burns injury in Hungary: External validation of a prediction model developed on Belgian burn data

Burns

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1009-1014

  Brusselaers, N ^a,b   Juhasz I ^c   Erdei, I ^c,d   Monstrey, S ^a,b   Blot, S ^a,b,e  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Mortality; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; LUNG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BODY SURFACE AREA; BURNS; BURNS, INHALATION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNGARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349089180     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2008.12.017     Document Type: Article

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