In burn injury patients, the rule of nines and the Lund and Browder chart are used to estimate:
a. depth of burn injury.
b. possibility of infection.
c. degree of systemic involvement.
d. total body surface area burned.
ANS: D
The rule of nines estimates the total body surface area burned, not the depth of burn injury. It does not estimate the degree of systemic involvement. The possibility of infection is 100%.
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