Assessment Triage
Burn assessment, severity scoring, and depth diagnosis
ModerateBurn size, depth, and severity scoring drive referral, fluid resuscitation, surgical planning, and mortality risk stratification. Rule of Nines and Lund-Browder carry overestimation bias; digital and 3D tools show higher accuracy. Clinical depth assessment is two-thirds…
- Burn scar assessment scales
Burn scar assessment scales score scars across vascularity, pigmentation, pliability, and height. The Vancouver Scar Scale anchors the field but received indeterminate ratings on construct validity…
- Mortality prognostic scores in burns
Burn mortality prediction rests on a small set of admission variables: age, percent TBSA, full-thickness extent, and inhalation injury. Composite scores built on these inputs include the Baux and…