Severe burn injury in europe: A systematic review of the incidence, etiology, morbidity, and mortality

Critical Care

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Brusselaers, Nele ^a,b   Monstrey, Stan ^a,b   Vogelaers, Dirk ^a,b   Hoste, Eric ^a   Blot, Stijn ^a,b,c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; BURN SHOCK; EUROPE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCALD; SEPSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; COHORT ANALYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; REVIEW;

BURNS; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MORBIDITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77957919094     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc9300     Document Type: Article

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