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Objective Estimates of the Probability of Death from Burn Injuries

19981,323 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Colleen M. Ryan · Burn Institute

David Schoenfeld · Harvard University

William P. Thorpe · Massachusetts General Hospital

Robert L. Sheridan · Harvard University

Edwin H. Cassem · Massachusetts General Hospital

Ronald G. Tompkins · Burn Institute

Abstract

The probability of mortality after burns is low and can be predicted soon after injury on the basis of simple, objective clinical criteria.

Topics & Keywords

Burn Injury Management and Outcomes Wound Healing and Treatments Injury Epidemiology and Prevention

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 338, Issue 6, pp. 362-366

DOI: 10.1056/nejm199802053380604

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 16.22

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