Epidemiology of burns undergoing hospitalization to the National Burns Unit in the Sultanate of Oman: A 25-year review

Burns

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1606-1611

  Al Shaqsi, Sultan ^a   Al Kashmiri, Ammar ^b   Al Bulushi, Taimoor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b KHOULA HOSPITAL   (Oman)

Author keywords

Admission rate; Burns; Epidemiology; Mortality; National Burns Unit; Sultanate of Oman

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY SURFACE; BURN; BURN PATIENT; CHILD; FEMALE; FIRE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; OCCUPATION; OMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SCALD; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADMISSION RATE; BURNS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MORTALITY; NATIONAL BURNS UNIT; SULTANATE OF OMAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889593814     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: 18791409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2013.04.012     Document Type: Article

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