A comparison of serial halving and the rule of nines as a pre-hospital assessment tool in burns

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 957-967

  Smith, Jason J ^a,b   Malyon, A D ^a   Scerri, G V ^a   Burge, T S ^a  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL HASLAR   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burn assessment; Burns; Nines; Serial halving

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; METHODOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY SURFACE AREA; BURNS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SIMULATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 26044472833     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2005.04.007     Document Type: Article

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