Frailty score on admission predicts outcomes in elderly burn injury

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-6

  Romanowski, Kathleen S ^a   Barsun, Alura ^a   Pamlieri, Tina L ^a   Greenhalgh, David G ^a   Sen, Soman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BODY SURFACE; BURN; BURN PATIENT; CANADIAN STUDY OF HEALTH AND AGING CLINICAL FRAILTY SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC SURGERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG BURN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REHABILITATION CENTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVOR; VENTILATED PATIENT; BURNS; HOSPITALIZATION; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE; PATIENT ACUITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURNS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; PATIENT ACUITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84921610057     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0000000000000190     Document Type: Article

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