Cause of death and correlation with autopsy findings in burns patients

Burns

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 583-588

  Krishnan, P ^a,b   Frew, Q ^a,b   Green, A ^a,b   Martin, R ^a,b   Dziewulski, P ^a,b  

^a St Andrews Centre for Plastic Surgery and Burns   (United Kingdom)

^b ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burns; Coroner; Mortality; Multi organ failure; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BURN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PSEUDOMONAS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOPSY; BURNS; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84877099187     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: 18791409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2012.09.017     Document Type: Article

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