Simplified estimates of the probability of death after burn injuries: Extending and updating the baux score

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 690-697

  Osler, Turner ^a   Glance, Laurent G ^b   Hosmer, David W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Burns; Logistic regression; Outcome prediction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; BURN UNIT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURNS, INHALATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949469672     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181c453b3     Document Type: Article

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