Outcomes of burns in the elderly: Revised estimates from the Birmingham Burn Centre

Burns

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1161-1168

  Wearn, Christopher ^a,b   Hardwicke, Joseph ^a,b   Kitsios, Andreas ^b   Siddons, Victoria ^b   Nightingale, Peter ^a   Moiemen, Naiem ^a,b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burn; Elderly; LA50; Mortality; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; BURN EXCISION; BURN PATIENT; BUTTOCK; FEMALE; FLAME; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY; LEG; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG BURN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERINEUM; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCALD; SEPSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; BURN UNIT; BURNS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HYPERTENSION; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INJURY SCALE; SMOKE INHALATION INJURY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY SURFACE AREA; BURN UNITS; BURNS; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKE INHALATION INJURY; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 84940446771     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: 18791409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2015.04.008     Document Type: Article

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