Burns are more aggressive in the elderly: Proportion of deep burn area/total burn area might have a role in mortality

Burns

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1058-1061

  Albornoz, Claudia R ^a   Villegas, Jorge ^a   Sylvester, Marilu ^a   Peña, Veronica ^a   Bravo, Iside ^a  

^a National Burn Reference Center of Chile   (Chile)

Author keywords

Ageing; Elderly people; Mortality; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP TOTAL BURN SURFACE AREA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROPORTION DEEP TOTAL BURN SURFACE AREA; RISK FACTOR; TOTAL BURN SURFACE AREA; TOTAL BURN SURFACE AREA PROPORTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY SURFACE AREA; BURNS; BURNS, INHALATION; CHILE; COMORBIDITY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 80051469070     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: 18791409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2011.03.006     Document Type: Article

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