The Baux score is dead. Long live the Baux score: A 27-year retrospective cohort study of mortality at a regional burns service

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 251-256

  Roberts, Geoffrey ^a   Lloyd, Mark ^a   Parker, Mike ^b   Martin, Rebecca ^c   Philp, Bruce ^a   Shelley, Odhran ^a   Dziewulski, Peter ^a,b  

^a BROOMFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Burns Anaesthesia and Intensive Care   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burn; LA51; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BAUX SCORE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; AGE; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; INJURY SCALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BURN UNITS; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859631005     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31824052bb     Document Type: Conference Paper

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