PREDICTION OF BURN MORTALITY

  • 1 January 1982
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 154  (5) , 711-714
Abstract
The accuracy with which 2 clinical rules of thumb and an empirically derived quantitative index of burn severity classify burn victims into categories of risk to survival, was compared. All 3 assessment protocols correctly classified the majority of the survivors. The quantitative index of burn severity, the Abbreviated Burn Severity Index, was superior to the Baux and the modified Baux clinical rules of thumb in predicting fatalities. The Abbreviated Burn Severity Index was nearly as easy to use as the clinical rules of thumb, yet more accurate and specific in describing outcomes for the victims of a burn injury.

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