Baux Score — Burn Injury Mortality Prediction

The Baux Score is a simple clinical formula for estimating mortality risk in patients with thermal burn injuries. The original Baux Score = Age + %TBSA (Total Body Surface Area) of 2nd and 3rd degree burns. The Revised Baux Score adds 17 points for the presence of inhalation injury (reflecting its ~17% equivalent increase in predicted mortality). Originally described by Baux in 1961, it remains useful for rapid triage and prognosis estimation in burn patients.