title: Burn depth: a review.
abstract: Despite the plethora of technologic advances, the most common technique for diagnosing burn depth remains the clinical assessment of an experienced burn surgeon. It is clear that this assessment is accurate for very deep and very shallow burns. But since clinical judgment is not precise in telling whether a dermal burn will heal in 3 weeks, efforts to develop a burn depth indicator are certainly warranted to accurately determine which dermal burns to excise and graft. This review summarizes the considerable literature in which a variety of techniques to determine burn depth have been used.
authors.affiliation: University of Washington Burn Center, Harboview Medical Center, Seattle 98104.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Heimbach
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Engrav
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Grube
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Marvin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001706:Biopsy; D002056:Burns / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004396:Coloring Agents; D005470:Fluorometry; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011379:Prognosis; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013817:Thermography; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents