An audit of first-aid treatment of pediatric burns patients and their clinical outcome

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1028-1034

  Cuttle, Leila ^a   Kravchuk, Olena ^a   Wallis, Belinda ^a   Kimble, Roy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALOE VERA EXTRACT; CHINESE DRUG; HOT WATER; ICE; PETROLATUM; SULFADIAZINE SILVER; TEA TREE OIL; TOOTHPASTE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BURN; BURN PATIENT; BUTTER; CHILD; CREAM; EPITHELIZATION; FIRST AID; FRICTION; HUMAN; HYDROGEL DRESSING; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MILK; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WATER IMMERSION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; BURNS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; QUEENSLAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 75349098117     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e3181bfb7d1     Document Type: Article

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