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J Burn Care Rehabil · Nov 1995
Planimetry study of the percent of body surface represented by the hand and palm: sizing irregular burns is more accurately done with the palm.
- R L Sheridan, L Petras, G Basha, P Salvo, C Cifrino, M Hinson, M McCabe, J Fallon, and R G Tompkins.
- Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Shriners Burns Institute-Boston Unit 02114, USA.
- J Burn Care Rehabil. 1995 Nov 1;16(6):605-6.
AbstractSizing irregular burns is commonly done with use of the patient's hand as a template representing 1% of the body surface. To verify that this is accurate over a broad range of ages or to see if the surface of the palm is a more consistent template, a planimetry study was done. This revealed that the surface area of the palm averaged 0.52% total body surface area (+/- 0.07) and the palmar surface of the hand 0.85% total body surface area (+/- 0.08). The surface of the palm was a more consistent template and represented 0.5% of the body surface over a broad range of ages.
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