Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis simulating toxic epidermal necrolysis: case presentation and literature review

Table 1 SCORTEN scale

Risk factors
Age (> 40 years)
Associated malignancy
Heart rate (> 120 beats/min)
Serum BUN (> 10 mmol/L)
Detached or compromised body surface (> 10%)
Serum bicarbonate (< 20 mEq/L)
Serum glucose (> 14 mmol/L)

The number of risk factors is correlated with the mortality rate (i.e. for one or less risk factors, the calculated mortality rate is 3.2%, for 2 risk factors, the mortality is 12.1%, for 3, 35.3%, for 4, 58.3% and for 5 and more, the mortality rate is more than 90%

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