Photograph-based diagnosis of burns in patients with dark-skin types: The importance of case and assessor characteristics

Burns

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1253-1260

  Boissin, C ^a   Laflamme, L ^a,b,c   Wallis, L ^d   Fleming, J ^d   Hasselberg, M ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Burn complexity; Diagnostic accuracy; Inter rater reliability; Intra rater reliability; mHealth; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; CAMERA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DARK SKIN; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; PATIENT COMFORT; PHOTOGRAPHY; SKIN COLOR; SURGEON; BODY SURFACE; BURN UNIT; BURNS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SOUTH AFRICA; SURGERY; SWEDEN; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; BODY SURFACE AREA; BURN UNITS; BURNS; CHILD; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICIANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; TELEMEDICINE; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84940447459     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: 18791409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2014.12.014     Document Type: Article

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