What is it about?
Lethal area 50 percent (LA50) and standardized mortality ratio (SMR) are two main indices which can be used to gain some idea about the performance of a burn department. We have calculated these two measures for Mashhad Burn Center in a five year period.
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Why is it important?
Due to a high discrepancy in the epidemiology of burn injury around the world, it is difficult to find a unique measure to rank and compare burn units.
Perspectives
If all major burn departments around the world perform this self-evaluation via calculating SMR and LA50, not only a global comparison will be available but also a continuous quality improvement in patient management is promising.
Dr Majid Khadem Rezaiyan
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
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This page is a summary of: Lethal area 50 percent (LA50) or standardized mortality ratio (SMR): Which one is more conclusive?, Burns, May 2018, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2018.04.003.
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