Progression of wound pH during the course of healing in burns

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Sharpe, Justin R ^a   Booth, Simon ^a   Jubin, Kasia ^a   Jordan, Nigel R ^a   Lawrence Watt, Diana J ^a   Dheansa, Baljit S ^a  

^a QUEEN VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAMMACERIUM;

ABDOMINOPLASTY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BURN; BURN DRESSING; BURN INFECTION; BURN PATIENT; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DERMATOME; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PH; PH ELECTRODE; PH MEASUREMENT; SCALD; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; THERMOGRAPHY; WOUND HEALING; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT; WOUND PH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BANDAGES; BURNS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84877751748     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e31825d5569     Document Type: Article

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