Practice guidelines for early ambulation of burn survivors after lower extremity grafts

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 319-329

  Nedelec, Bernadette ^a,b,c   Serghiou, Michael A ^d   Niszczak, Jonathan ^e   McMahon, Margaret ^f   Healey, Tanja ^g  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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

^c Hopital de Readaptation Villa Medica   (Canada)

^d SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^e TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^f Our Lady's Hospice Ltd Dublin   (Ireland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURN; BURN PATIENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MOBILIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

BURNS; EARLY AMBULATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUEBEC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURVIVORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84861198068     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e31823359d9     Document Type: Review

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