Long-term functional outcomes in the elderly after burn injury

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 497-503

  Palmieri, Tina L ^a,b   Molitor, Fred ^c   Grace Chan, ^a   Elizabeth Phelan, ^a   Brian J Shier, ^a   Soman Sen, ^a,b   David G Greenhalgh, ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Shriners Hospital for Children   (United States)

^c ETR   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT FORM 12;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURN UNITS; BURNS; CALIFORNIA; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84866093473     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e31825aeaac     Document Type: Article

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