Critical care of the burn patient: The first 48 hours

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2819-2826

  Latenser, Barbara A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Burn complications; Burn edema; Burn monitoring; Burn resuscitation; Burn shock; Critical care

Indexed keywords

ANABOLIC AGENT; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE; GLUCOSE; KETAMINE; OPIATE; OXANDROLONE; PROPOFOL; PROPRANOLOL; SULFADIAZINE SILVER;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ARTERY CATHETER; BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF; BURN; BURN SHOCK; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EDEMA; ENTERIC FEEDING; HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY; HYPERMETABOLISM; HYPOTHERMIA; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MONITORING; NEUTROPENIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY CATHETER; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SEPSIS; STRESS ULCER; VASCULAR ACCESS; WOUND CLOSURE;

EID: 70349869259     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181b3a08f     Document Type: Review

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