The burnt child: An epidemiological profile and outcome

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 691-694

  Iqbal, Tariq ^a   Saaiq, Muhammad ^a  

^a PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Childhood burn injuries; Chinese categorization of paediatric burns; Paediatric burns; Paediatric trauma

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARM; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTRIC BURN; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAKISTAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCALD; SCHOOL CHILD; VICTIM; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; BURN UNITS; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PAKISTAN; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 84856066272     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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