Burns
Volume 36, Issue 6 , Pages 793-798 , September 2010

Laser Doppler Imaging prediction of burn wound outcome in children: Is it possible before 48h?

  • Khanh Nguyen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Academic Surgery, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, The University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia
    • ,
  • Diane Ward

      Affiliations

    • The Children's Hospital at Westmead Burns Research Institute, The Burns Unit and the NSW Severe Burns Injury Service, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, The University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia
    • ,
  • Lawrence Lam

      Affiliations

    • Department of Academic Surgery, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, The University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia
    • Centre for Trauma Care, Prevention, Education and Research, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, The University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia
    • ,
  • Andrew J.A. Holland

      Affiliations

    • Department of Academic Surgery, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, The University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia
    • The Children's Hospital at Westmead Burns Research Institute, The Burns Unit and the NSW Severe Burns Injury Service, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, The University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia
    • Centre for Trauma Care, Prevention, Education and Research, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, The University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia
    • Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, The Children's Hospital at Westmead Clinical School, The University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Academic Surgery, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, The University of Sydney, Locked Bag 4001, Westmead NSW 2145, Australia. Tel.: +61 2 9845 1908; fax: +61 2 9845 3346.

,Accepted 24 November 2009.

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PII: S0305-4179(09)00569-5

doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2009.11.016

Burns
Volume 36, Issue 6 , Pages 793-798 , September 2010

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