The “Safdarjung Method” of Estimation of Total Body Surface Area (TBSA) Burns in Major Amputees

Accurate estimation of total body surface area (TBSA) burns is the cornerstone of initiating correct fluid therapy in burns. The current formulae are designed for patients with intact body. However, the authors having worked at a high-volume burns center (Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India) have...

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Autores principales: Chauhan, Neha, Agrawal, Karoon, Kumar, Shalabh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Private Ltd. 2020
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7458831/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32884200
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0040-1716310
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description Accurate estimation of total body surface area (TBSA) burns is the cornerstone of initiating correct fluid therapy in burns. The current formulae are designed for patients with intact body. However, the authors having worked at a high-volume burns center (Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India) have encountered patients with major amputations presenting with burns. The existing formulae are inaccurate for estimating TBSA in major amputees, leading to inaccurate fluid estimation in such cases. The authors have designed a novel method to estimate TBSA burns in patients with major amputations that involves a “correction factor” to account for the amputated parts.
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spelling pubmed-74588312020-09-02 The “Safdarjung Method” of Estimation of Total Body Surface Area (TBSA) Burns in Major Amputees Chauhan, Neha Agrawal, Karoon Kumar, Shalabh Indian J Plast Surg Accurate estimation of total body surface area (TBSA) burns is the cornerstone of initiating correct fluid therapy in burns. The current formulae are designed for patients with intact body. However, the authors having worked at a high-volume burns center (Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India) have encountered patients with major amputations presenting with burns. The existing formulae are inaccurate for estimating TBSA in major amputees, leading to inaccurate fluid estimation in such cases. The authors have designed a novel method to estimate TBSA burns in patients with major amputations that involves a “correction factor” to account for the amputated parts. Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Private Ltd. 2020-08 2020-08-30 /pmc/articles/PMC7458831/ /pubmed/32884200 http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0040-1716310 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License, which permits unrestricted reproduction and distribution, for non-commercial purposes only; and use and reproduction, but not distribution, of adapted material for non-commercial purposes only, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_sort “safdarjung method” of estimation of total body surface area (tbsa) burns in major amputees
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