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Table 2 Results of hospitalised versus non-hospitalised patients

From: Epidemiology of burns and scalds in children presenting to the emergency department of a regional burns unit: a 7-year retrospective study

 

Hospitalised patients (n = 356)

Non-hospitalised patients (n = 1031)

p value

Age

2 (1–4)

3 (1–9)

<0.001

TBSA%

1 (1–3)

1 (1–2)

<0.001

Scalds

179 (50.1 %)

390 (37.8 %)

<0.0001

Flame

23 (6.5 %)

20 (1.9 %)

0.0001

Contact

127 (35.7 %)

436 (42.3 %)

0.0287

Chemical

11 (3.1 %)

117 (11.3 %)

<0.0001

Electrical

5 (1.4 %)

12 (1.2 %)

0.7803

Friction

4 (1.1 %)

12 (1.2 %)

1.000

Radiation

7 (2.0 %)

44 (4.3 %)

0.0497

  1. Median (IQR); number (%); TBSA: total body surface area
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