Using the injury severity score to adjust for comorbid trauma may be double counting burns: implications for burn research

Historically, the probability of death from thermal injuries has been determined based on three simple clinical criteria [1 –3]: (1) age (e.g.>60years), (2) burn size (>40% total body surface area [TBSA] burned), and (3) inhalation injury [1]. In fact, these three criteria are used in well-known burn mortality prediction scores such as the Modified Baux Index [4] and the Abbreviated Burn Severity Score Index (ABSI) [5,6]. More recently, a common methodology in the burn literature adjusts for age, burn size (e.g.

Source: Burns : Journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries - September 17, 2018 Category: Cosmetic Surgery Authors: Jud C. Janak, Michael S. Clemens, Jeffrey T. Howard, Tuan D. Le, Leopoldo C. Cancio, Kevin K. Chung, Jennifer M. Gurney, Jonathan A. Sosnov, Ian J. Stewart Source Type: research