Assessment of pruritus characteristics and impact on burn survivors

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 407-418

  Parnell, Laura K S ^a   Nedelec, Bernadette ^b,c,d   Rachelska, Grazyna ^c   Lasalle, Léo ^d  

^a Precision Consulting   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d Hopital de Readaptation Villa Medica   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BOTHERSOMENESS; BURN; BURN PATIENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCAR; SKIN BURNING SENSATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BURNS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT SELECTION; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861189909     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e318239d206     Document Type: Article

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