30 years later - Does the ABSI need revision?

Burns

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 958-963

  Forster, Natasha A ^a   Zingg, Matthias ^a   Haile, Sarah R ^b   Künzi, Walter ^a   Giovanoli, Pietro ^a   Guggenheim, Merlin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ABSI score; Burns; Burns survival elderly

Indexed keywords

ABBREVIATED BURNS SEVERITY INDEX; ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RATING SCALE; RISK; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL RATE;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051474426     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: 18791409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2011.03.009     Document Type: Article

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