Clinicoetiological study of Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis spectrum and the correlation of SCORTEN with prognosis

Conclusion: SCORTEN gave a significant estimation of mortality in SJS-TEN overlap patients, whereas it overestimated mortality in TEN patients. An increase in individual scores for the elevation of blood urea nitrogen (BUN) in existing SCORTEN and the inclusion of new parameters like raised liver enzymes, thrombocytopenia, and pulmonary infiltrates aided in proposing a modified SCORTEN for the South Indian population. Further studies on a larger scale, are needed to validate the modified SCORTEN proposed by us.
Source: Indian Journal of Dermatology - Category: Dermatology Authors: Source Type: research