METHOD FOR PREDICTING OUTCOME OF COMBINED HEAT INJURY Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: medicine. SUBSTANCE: method involves evaluating severity degree of skin burns (area of superficial and deep burns), respiratory tract lesion severity degree (based on fibrobronchoscopy data), acid-base blood state (as deficiency or excess of base). Predicted value for life (y) is calculated with patient age taken into account. The value of y > 0, prognosis is considered to be favorable. The value is from -0.5 to 0.5, the prognosis is considered to be uncertain. Y < -0.5, the prognosis is considered to be unfavorable. EFFECT: high accuracy and objectiveness in evaluating heat injury severity.