Management of Elderly Burn Patients
Burn injuries are the principal reasons accounting for emergency department admissions in elderly patients. Elderly patients over 65 years of age constitute between 13% and 20% of admissions to burn units, but have the highest death rate among the overall burn population. Among the number of burn de...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Taiwan Society of Geriatric Emergency and Critical Medicine (TSGECM)
2008-09-01
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Series: | International Journal of Gerontology |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1873959808700449 |