Management of Elderly Burn Patients

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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Main Authors: Shin-Bin Huang, Wen-Han Chang, Chein-Hsuan Huang, Cheng-Ho Tsai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taiwan Society of Geriatric Emergency and Critical Medicine (TSGECM) 2008-09-01
Series:International Journal of Gerontology
Subjects:
aged
burns
fluid therapy
mortality
resuscitation
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1873959808700449

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