The impact of laser doppler imaging on time to grafting decisions in pediatric burns

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 328-332

  Kim, Lawrence H C ^a   Ward, Diane ^a   Lam, Lawrence ^b   Holland, Andrew J A ^a,b  

^a Children's Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; BURN PATIENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER IMAGING; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TIME; WOUND HEALING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BURNS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TIME FACTORS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 77649300781     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e3181d0f572     Document Type: Article

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