Risk factors for the development of pneumonia in older adults with burn injury

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 105-110

  Pham, Tam N ^a   Kramer, C Bradley ^a   Klein, Matthew B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LUNG BURN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURNS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 75649139430     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e3181cb8c5a     Document Type: Article

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