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Table 1 Demographics of patients included in the study

From: Burns infection profile of Singapore: prevalence of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and the role of blood cultures

  

TBSA group

Variables

Total

I

II

III

IV

V

Patients, n (%)

452 (100)

277 (61.3)

85 (18.8)

50 (11.1)

29 (6.4)

11(2.4)

Age, year

      

 Median

40

40

42

35.5

37

48

 Range

5–94

14–94

18–83

54–82

5–70

5–70

p value

0.832

0.367

0.185

0.161

Sex

      

 Male, n (%)

255 (56.4)

151 (54.5)

43 (50.6)

35 (70.0)

23 (79.30)

3 (27.3)

p value

0.707

0.123

0.013

0.538

Nationality

      

 Foreign

176 (38.9)

84 (30.3)

41 (48.2)

31 (62.0)

18 (62.1)

2 (18.2)

p value

0.03

<0.001

<0.001

0.384

TBSA %

      

 Median

6.0

3.0

13.0

26.0

50.5

 Range

0.1–90.0

0.1–9.5

10.0–19.5

20.0–38.0

40.0–90.0

Length of stay, day

      

 Median

11

10

13

23.5

27

6

 Range

1–221

1–151

1–56

5–149

1–221

2–13

p value

<0.001

<0.001

0.013

0.582

Surgery, n (%)

365 (80.8)

222 (80.1)

73 (85.9)

45 (90.0)

25 (86.2)

0 (0)

p value

0.236

0.105

0.434

Patients with positive cultures, n (%)

272 (60.2)

172 (62.1)

35 (41.2)

36 (72.0)

25 (86.2)

4 (36.4)

p value

0.629

0.236

0.030

0.707

  1. TBSA ​total body surface area, I TBSA burn < 10 %, II 10 % ≤ TBSA burn < 20 %, III 20 % ≤ TBSA burn < 40 %, IV TBSA burn ≥ 40 %, V Inhalational injury