ERDoc Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 SJS and TEN are generally differentiated by the BSA covered, TEN is more than 10% BSA and SJS is less than 10%, but as ErDoc stated, these are some pretty sick patients and need volume replacement and tx in a burn unit. Take care, Todd Incorrect. Neither has anything to do with BSA. They are differentiated by biopsy results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassnmedic Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 I stand corrected. The true way of diagnosing this is as ERdoc stated the skin biopsy. I apologize for any misinformation I posted, I received that info from a 1st yr PA student who had just had a Dermatology lecture earlier that day.My bad. Take care, Todd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ERDoc Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 I stand corrected. The true way of diagnosing this is as ERdoc stated the skin biopsy. I apologize for any misinformation I posted, I received that info from a 1st yr PA student who had just had a Dermatology lecture earlier that day.My bad. Take care, Todd Never trust a PA :twisted: (Just kidding, before anyone gets offended). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassnmedic Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 I know it's nothing concrete, but I did find this regarding the BSA. One report suggests that the term SJS be limited to cases in which less than 10% of the total body surface area is involved. The authors suggest that the term TEN be limited to cases in which 30% or more of the total body surface area is involved. The term SJS/TEN Overlap is used to describe patients in whom between 10-30% of the total body surface area involved. Resources NIH/National Eye Institute Building 31 Rm 6A32 31 Center Dr MSC 2510 Bethesda, MD 20892-2510 United States Tel: 3014965248 Fax: 3014021065 Email: 2020@nei.nih.gov Internet: http://www.nei.nih.gov/ NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases 9000 Rockville Pike Building 31A Bethesda, MD 20892 Tel: (301)496-5717 Fax: (301)402-0120 Internet: http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ NIH/National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases 1 AMS Circle Bethesda, MD 20892-3675 Tel: (301)496-8188 Fax: (301)718-6366 Tel: (877)226-4267 TDD: (301)565-2966 Email: NAMSIC@mail.nih.gov Internet: http://www.nih.gov/niams/ Stevens Johnson Syndrome Foundation and Support Group PO Box 350333 Westminster, CO 80035-0333 Tel: (303)635-1241 Fax: (303)635-1241 Email: sjsupport@aol.com Internet: http://www.sjsupport.org For a Complete Report This is an abstract of a report from the National Organization for Rare Disorders, Inc. ® (NORD). A copy of the complete report can be obtained for a small fee by visiting the NORD website. The complete report contains additional information including symptoms, causes, affected population, related disorders, standard and investigational treatments (if available), and references from medical literature. For a full-text version of this topic, see http://www.rarediseases.org/search/rdblist.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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