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==Rule of Nines==
[[File:Wallace Rule of Nines-png.png|thumb|[[Rule of Nines]]]]
{| class="wikitable"
|+ '''Adults''' 
|-
! Anatomic structure 
! Surface area
|-
| Anterior Head 
| 4.5%
|-
| Posterior (anatomy)|Posterior Head 
| 4.5%
|-
| Anterior Torso
| 18%
|-
| Posterior Torso
| 18%
|-
| Each Anterior Leg
| 9%
|-
| Each Posterior Leg
| 9%
|-
| Each Anterior Arm
| 4.5%
|-
| Each Posterior Arm 
| 4.5%
|-
| Genitalia/Perineum
| 1%
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+ '''Children''' 
|-
! Anatomic structure 
! Surface area
|-
| Anterior Head
| 9%
|-
| Posterior Head
| 9%
|-
| Anterior Torso
| 18%
|-
| Posterior Torso
| 18%
|-
| Each Anterior Leg
| 6.5%
|-
| Each Posterior Leg
| 6.5%
|-
| Each Anterior Arm
| 4.5%
|-
| Each Posterior Arm
| 4.5%
|-
| Genitalia/Perineum 
| 1%
|}

==Rule of Palms==
*Patient's entire hand (palm+fingers) = about 1% TBSA
*Use to estimate scatter burns 
*Also use for local burns up to 10% BSA

==Lund-Browder Classification==
[[File:Lund+Browder Chart.png|thumbnail|Lund Browder Chart to document initial TBSA assessment.]]
''An alternative method of estimate burn surface area''
*More accurate than "Rule of Nines," especially in pediatric patients
{| class="wikitable"
|+ '''Children''' 
|-
! Anatomic structure 
! 0 Yr
! 1 Yr
! 5 Yrs
! 10 Yrs
! 15 Yrs
|-
| Anterior Head 
| 9.5%
| 8.5%
| 6.5%
| 5.5%
| 4.5%
|-
| Posterior (anatomy)|Posterior Head 
| 9.5%
| 8.5%
| 6.5%
| 5.5%
| 4.5%
|-
| Anterior Neck
| 1%
| 1%
| 1%
| 1%
| 1%
|-
| Posterior Neck
| 1%
| 1%
| 1%
| 1%
| 1%
|-
| Anterior Torso
| 13%
| 13%
| 13%
| 13%
| 13%
|-
| Posterior Torso
| 13%
| 13%
| 13%
| 13%
| 13%
|-
| Each Anterior Upper Leg
| 2.75%
| 3.25%
| 4%
| 4.25%
| 4.5%
|-
| Each Posterior Upper Leg
| 2.75%
| 3.25%
| 4%
| 4.25%
| 4.5%
|-
| Each Anterior Lower Leg
| 2.5%
| 2.5%
| 2.75%
| 3%
| 3.25%
|-
| Each Posterior Lower Leg
| 2.5%
| 2.5%
| 2.75%
| 3%
| 3.25%
|-
| Each Anterior Upper Arm
| 2%
| 2%
| 2%
| 2%
| 2%
|-
| Each Posterior Upper Arm
| 2%
| 2%
| 2%
| 2%
| 2%
|-
| Each Anterior Lower Arm 
| 1.5%
| 1.5%
| 1.5%
| 1.5%
| 1.5%
|-
| Each Posterior Lower Arm 
| 1.5%
| 1.5%
| 1.5%
| 1.5%
| 1.5%
|-
| Each Anterior Hand
| 1.5%
| 1.5%
| 1.5%
| 1.5%
| 1.5%
|-
| Each Posterior Hand 
| 1.5%
| 1.5%
| 1.5%
| 1.5%
| 1.5%
|-
| Each Anterior Foot/Ankle
| 1.75%
| 1.75%
| 1.75%
| 1.75%
| 1.75%
|-
| Each Posterior Foot/Ankle
| 1.75%
| 1.75%
| 1.75%
| 1.75%
| 1.75%
|-
| Each Buttock
| 2.5%
| 2.5%
| 2.5%
| 2.5%
| 2.5%
|-
| Genitalia/Perineum
| 1%
| 1%
| 1%
| 1%
| 1%
|}

==See Also==
*[[Burns]]

==References==
[[Category:Misc/General]]
[[Category:Trauma]]