The impact of oxandrolone on length of stay following major burn injury: A clinical practice evaluation

Burns

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1374-1379

  Cochran, Amalia ^a   Thuet, Wiley ^b   Holt, Brennen ^a   Faraklas, Iris ^a   Smout, Randall J ^c   Horn, Susan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Department of Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Burns; Clinical practice improvement; Length of stay; Oxandrolone; Severity of illness

Indexed keywords

OXANDROLONE; ANABOLIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; BURN PATIENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COMPREHENSIVE SEVERITY INDEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM SEVERITY OF ILLNESS; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; AGED; BURNS; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; ANABOLIC AGENTS; BURNS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXANDROLONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84885419802     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: 18791409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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