The use of a frailty scoring system for burns in the elderly

Burns

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 30-36

  Masud, D ^a   Norton, S ^a   Smailes, S ^a   Shelley, O ^a   Philp, B ^a   Dziewulski, P ^a,b  

^a St Andrew's Centre for Plastic Surgery and Burns   (United Kingdom)

^b ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burns morbidity; Burns mortality; Burns survival rate; Elderly burns; Elderly burns mortality; Frailty score; ITU burn care; Severe burns; Surgical debridement

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; BURN PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; FRAILTY SCORING SYSTEM; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG INJURY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVOR;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURNS; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84872049341     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: 18791409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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