Using the rule of nines to estimate the percentage of the patient’s body burned, what score would you give to a patient who sustained burns along the entire anterior surface of the face and the entire anterior portion of the left upper extremity?
1. 4.5%
2. 9%
3. 18%
4. 27%
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