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Determination of hand and palm area as a ratio of body surface area in Indian population

BACKGROUND: Accurate estimation of body surface area (BSA) burn is important. In small and patchy burns, the patient's hand is used to estimate percentage of burn which is traditionally considered as 1%. There is discrepancy about what percentage of TBSA is constituted by the palm and hand. The...

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Autores principales: Agarwal, Pawan, Sahu, Sashikant
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publication 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2938623/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20924450
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-0358.63962