title: Making the case for adapting the abbreviated burn severity index to include erythroblast count.
abstract: The presence of erythroblasts is an accurate predictor of a poor prognosis. This study investigates whether this should be taken into account when assessing patients with burn injuries as traditional protocols may underestimate the level of risk.
authors.affiliation: I Institute of Clinical Chemistry, Transfusion and Laboratory Medicine, Bochum, Germany. Axel.Stachon@bergmannsheil.de
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stachon
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lehnhardt
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Katzy
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Holland-Letz
authors.forename: H U
authors.initials: HU
authors.lastname: Steinau
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Krieg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002056:Burns / Q000097:blood* / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D004900:Erythroblasts / Q000473:pathology*; D004906:Erythrocyte Count; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016017:Odds Ratio; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods; D016019:Survival Analysis; D015599:Trauma Severity Indices