Trauma mechanisms, patterns of injury, and outcomes in a retrospective study of 71 burns from civil gas explosions

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 928-933

  Busche, Marc Nicolai ^a   Gohritz, Andreas ^a   Seifert, Stefan ^a   Herold, Christian ^a   Ipaktchi, Ramin ^a   Knobloch, Karsten ^a   Vogt, Peter Maria ^a   Rennekampff, Hans Oliver ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Burn injuries; Gas explosions; Inhalation injury; Lung contusion; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; BURN; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEBRIDEMENT; EXPLOSION; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LUNG BURN; LUNG CONTUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN GRAFT;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BLAST INJURIES; BODY SURFACE AREA; BURN UNITS; BURNS; BURNS, INHALATION; CONTUSIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXPLOSIONS; FEMALE; FOSSIL FUELS; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LUNG INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 77958190446     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181ca03f7     Document Type: Article

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