Table 1 Details of the patients admitted with burns during 2000–2015
From: Are there any differences in the provided burn care between men and women? A retrospective study
Female patients | Male patients | p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. of patients | 403 | 960 | |||
Age (years) | 29.6 | 1.2–76.2 | 33.9 | 1.3–71.4 | 0.10 |
TBSA burned (%) | 7.0 | 1.0–27.0 | 6.4 | 1.0–32.8 | 0.37 |
Hospital stay (days) | 7.0 | 2.0–39.0 | 8.0 | 2.0–35.0 | 0.52 |
No. of deaths | 25 (6) | 45 (5) | 0.25 | ||
No. who required mechanical ventilation | 83 (21) | 195 (20) | 0.91 | ||
BSC categories | |||||
Surveillance | 4.0 | 0.0–57.0 | 3.0 | 0.0–57.0 | 0.23 |
Respiration | 1.0 | 0.0–44.0 | 0.0 | 0.0–40.5 | 0.54 |
Circulation | 0.0 | 0.0–9.0 | 0.0 | 0.0–7.5 | 0.22 |
Wound care | 11.0 | 1.0–66.0 | 11.0 | 1.0–60.0 | 0.65 |
Mobilisation | 9.0 | 2.0–66.0 | 8.0 | 2.0–62.0 | 0.41 |
Laboratory tests | 1.0 | 0.0–26.0 | 2.0 | 0.0–28.0 | 0.42 |
Infusions | 4.0 | 0.0–55.0 | 3.0 | 0.0–62.5 | 0.65 |
Operation | 4.0 | 0.0–24.0 | 4.0 | 0.0–33.0 | 0.73 |
Total BSC points | 36.0 | 7.0–350.0 | 34.0 | 7.0–345.0 | 0.37 |