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. 1994 Sep-Oct;15(5):434-7.
doi: 10.1097/00004630-199409000-00011.

Photographing the patient with burns for medical documentation

E C Smoot 3rd  1 , J Higgs
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Photographing the patient with burns for medical documentation

E C Smoot 3rd et al. J Burn Care Rehabil. 1994 Sep-Oct.

Abstract

Photographs of a burn injury provide an objective description of the patient's disease course and may be important in the medicolegal documentation of child abuse or other criminal and civil actions. Accurate and reproducible photographs require careful composition and choice of equipment. Standardized clinical positioning is described with recommendations for timing of serial photographs.

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