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Table 3 Comparison between calculated BSA with formula and BurnCalc of 40 human bodies

From: BurnCalc assessment study of computer-aided individual three-dimensional burn area calculation

n

Formula calculated area*

BurnCalc calculated area

Difference

1

18617.27

18864.49

247.22

2

19268.59

19517.22

248.63

3

19852.03

19573.70

−278.33

4

17886.41

18020.64

134.23

5

18225.60

18003.77

−221.83

6

18554.50

18313.06

−241.44

7

15398.74

15524.40

125.66

8

19288.32

19094.17

−194.15

9

17114.75

17354.91

240.16

10

19931.08

20014.38

83.30

11

19465.01

19213.47

−251.54

12

19056.84

18974.09

−82.75

13

15170.60

15413.48

242.88

14

17260.82

17018.84

−241.98

15

18734.73

18606.92

−127.81

16

19311.32

19470.82

159.50

17

15988.57

16014.38

25.81

18

19131.22

18998.47

−132.75

19

20437.43

20193.53

−243.90

20

16635.34

16881.33

245.99

21

18220.04

18319.35

99.31

22

17625.75

17703.93

78.18

23

16868.48

17010.78

142.30

24

16224.75

16031.44

−193.31

25

16349.32

16507.81

158.49

26

16895.52

17021.33

125.81

27

16708.35

16912.57

204.22

28

16529.05

16397.04

−132.01

29

18244.38

18017.53

−226.85

30

16936.00

17014.27

78.27

31

18824.54

18697.59

−126.95

32

17045.70

17243.71

198.01

33

18711.71

18552.95

−158.76

34

18704.25

18574.94

−129.31

35

17566.65

17913.30

346.65

36

18192.18

18217.83

25.65

37

15893.12

16014.66

121.54

38

17225.52

17462.83

237.31

39

17260.82

17426.05

165.23

40

18967.47

19007.74

40.27

Mean (μ)

17858.07

17877.84

19.77

Standard deviation (σ)

1320.99

1247.69

185.74

  1. *The formula for body surface area (BSA): SA = 0.015925(Ht*Wt)1/2.
  2. Measures are presented in cm2.