The optimal duration and delay of first aid treatment for deep partial thickness burn injuries

Burns

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 673-679

  Cuttle, Leila ^a   Kempf, Margit ^a   Liu, Pei Yun ^a   Kravchuk, Olena ^a   Kimble, Roy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Burn; Cold; Delay; Duration; First aid; Partial thickness; Porcine model; Water

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; BURN SCAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIZATION; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FIRST AID; HISTOLOGY; HYDROTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN SURFACE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT DURATION; WOUND CARE; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY; BODY TEMPERATURE; BURNS; CICATRIX; CRYOTHERAPY; EPITHELIUM; FIRST AID; GRANULATION TISSUE; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; WATER; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 77953229422     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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