Obesity: Influence on length of hospital stay for the pediatric burn patient

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 251-256

  Patel, Lina ^a   Cowden, John D ^a   Dowd, Denise ^a   Hampl, Sarah ^a   Felich, Noreen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; BURN PATIENT; CHILD; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OBESITY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; BURNS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 77649321015     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e3181d0f549     Document Type: Article

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