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A 34-year-old man is brought in after a petrol fire in a shed. The skin over the whole front of his chest and abdomen is blistered, moist and painful. His right arm is blistered circumferentially from shoulder to wrist. His face and the front of his neck are red and painful, but the skin there is intact and blanches when pressed. His back, legs and left arm are unburnt. He weighs 80 kg. Which one of the following is the percentage total body surface area to be used in calculating his resuscitation fluid?
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