Repeat hospitalization and mortality in older adult burn patients

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Mandell, Samuel P ^a   Pham, Tam ^a   Klein, Matthew B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; BURN INFECTION; BURN PATIENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BURNS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84873838316     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e31825adc81     Document Type: Article

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