Lund-Browder classification
- Lund-Browder classification
- a classification of burn severity, more accurate than the rule of nines and used especially for children; it attaches percentages to different body surface areas similarly to the rule of nines and is modified according to the age of the child.
Lund-Browder classification; the percentages assigned to areas affected by growth are adjusted by age. A (Head) decreases in relative size from infancy to adulthood, while B (thigh) and C (leg) increase.
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