External validation of the revised Baux score for the prediction of mortality in patients with acute burn injury

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 840-845

  Dokter, Jan ^a   Meijs, Jessica ^a   Oen, Irma M M H ^a   Van Baar, Margriet E ^b   Van Der Vlies, Cornelis H ^a   Boxma, Han ^a  

^a Maasstad Hospital Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

^b Association of Dutch Burn Centers   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Baux score; Burns; Mortality; Predictors of mortality; Revised Baux score

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG BURN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVISED BAUX SCORE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BURN UNITS; BURNS; BURNS, INHALATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896734704     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000000124     Document Type: Article

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