
Burn Scar Assessment of Vancouver General Hospital
Purpose: | To evaluate the appearance of a burn scar using the Burn Scar Assessment of Vancouver General Hospital. |
Specialty: | Emergency Medicine Critical Care |
Objective: | severity, prognosis, stage |
ICD-10: | T20-T25, T26-T28, T29-T32 |
Description: | The Burn Scar Assessment is used to evaluate scarred tissue following a second or third degree burn over time. It can be used to monitor a patient's response to therapy or compare different patients within or between institutions. The assessment was developed at the Burn Unit of Vancouver General Hospital in Canada. |
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