Addition of admission lactate levels to Baux score improves mortality prediction in severe burns

Abstract Risk adjustment and mortality prediction models are central in optimising care and for benchmarking purposes. In the burn setting, the Baux score and its derivatives have been the mainstay for predictions of mortality from burns. Other well-known measures to predict mortality stem from the...

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Main Authors: Ingrid Steinvall, Moustafa Elmasry, Islam Abdelrahman, Ahmed El-Serafi, Folke Sjöberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-09-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-97524-9