A comparison of two smartphone applications and the validation of smartphone applications as tools for fluid calculation for burns resuscitation

Burns

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 826-834

  Morris, R ^a   Javed, M ^a   Bodger, O ^b   Gorse, S Hemington ^a   Williams, D ^a  

^a MORRISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apps; Iphone; Merseyburn; Parkland formula; Smartphone; Uburn

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; CALCULATION; CALCULATOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEARNING; MALE; MOBILE APPLICATION; RESPONSE TIME; VALIDATION STUDY; ALGORITHM; BURNS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUID THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE PHONE; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BURNS; CELL PHONES; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATIONS;

EID: 84902545614     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: 18791409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2013.10.015     Document Type: Article

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