TY - JOUR T1 - BET 1: ASSESSING THE SIZE OF BURNS: WHICH METHOD WORKS BEST? JF - Emergency Medicine Journal JO - Emerg Med J SP - 664 LP - 666 DO - 10.1136/emj.2009.081380 VL - 26 IS - 9 AU - Saiqa Hussain AU - Craig Ferguson Y1 - 2009/09/01 UR - http://emj.bmj.com/content/26/9/664.2.abstract N2 - Report by: Saiqa Hussain, Medical StudentSearch checked by: Craig Ferguson, SpR Emergency MedicineInstitution: Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UKA short-cut review was carried out to establish whether there is one assessment method that is the most accurate at estimating the surface area of a burn. Over 1500 papers were found using the reported searches, of which five presented the best evidence to answer the clinical question. The author, date and country of publication, patient group studied, study type, relevant outcomes, results and study weaknesses of these best papers are shown in table 1. It is concluded that there is no evidence to show benefit of one form of estimation over another in clinical practice.View this table:In this windowIn a new windowTable 1 Relevant papersCLINICAL SCENARIOA 30-year-old woman is brought to the emergency department with extensive burns after having been trapped in a burning car. After initial resuscitation of the patient you attempt to assess the surface area of skin affected by the burn in order to guide the volume of fluid required for resuscitation. You wonder which method of surface area assessment is the best tool for assessing the surface area of her burns.THREE-PART QUESTIONIn a [patient with a burn] is there one [method of assessment of size] that is most [accurate to assess surface area of the wound]?SEARCH STRATEGYMedline using the OVID interface 1966 to May 2009:[burn$.mp OR exp Burns OR heat injur$.mp OR thermal injur$.mp OR scald.mp] AND [assess$.mp … ER -