Benchmarking outcomes in the critically injured burn patient

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 259, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 833-841

  Klein, Matthew B ^a   Goverman, Jeremy ^b   Hayden, Douglas L ^b   Fagan, Shawn P ^a   McDonald Smith, Grace P ^b   Alexander, Andrew K ^b   Gamelli, Richard L ^c   Gibran, Nicole S ^a   Finnerty, Celeste C ^d   Jeschke, Marc G ^e   Arnoldo, Brett ^f   Wispelwey, Bram ^b   Mindrinos, Michael N ^g   Xiao, Wenzhong ^a   Honari, Shari E ^h   Mason, Philip H ^b   Schoenfeld, David A ^b   Herndon, David N ^d   Tompkins, Ronald G ^b  

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

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^d University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

benchmark; burns; inhalation injury; mortality; organ failure; outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AMERICAN INDIAN; APACHE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; BODY SURFACE; BURN; BURN INFECTION; BURN PATIENT; CAUCASIAN; COMORBIDITY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RACE; RESUSCITATION; SEPSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BENCHMARKING; BURNS; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899092977     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000438     Document Type: Article

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