A model of British in-hospital mortality among burns patients

Burns

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1316-1321

  Stylianou, Neophytos ^a   Buchan, Iain ^a   Dunn, Ken W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Burn; Mortality; Prediction; UK

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MORTALITY; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BODY SURFACE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; LUNG BURN; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; BODY SURFACE AREA; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ROC CURVE; SMOKE INHALATION INJURY; WALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908142628     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: 18791409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2014.04.013     Document Type: Article

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