Table 2 Clinical details of the burn patients
From: Multi-institutional analysis of independent predictors for burn mortality in the United States
Variable | Survival, n = 132,531 | Death, n = 4530 | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Missing | Value | Missing | Value | ||
Burn type, top 5, n (%) | 0 | 0 | < 0.001* | ||
Fire/flame | 32,519 (24.5) | 2150 (47.5) | |||
Scald | 29,953 (22.6) | 215 (4.7) | |||
Contact with hot object | 7737 (5.8) | 52 (1.1) | |||
Electrical | 2739 (2.1) | 62 (1.4) | |||
Chemical | 1747 (1.3) | 12 (0.3) | |||
TBSA, % (mean ± SD) | 0 | 8.0 ± 10.4 | 0 | 43.2 ± 29.4 | < 0.001* |
TBSA, full-thickness, % (mean ± SD) | 25,071 | 2.8 ± 7.8 | 269 | 31.6 ± 30.9 | < 0.001* |
Inhalation injury, n (%) | 31,418 | 5786 (5.7) | 880 | 1682 (46.1) | < 0.001* |
Intubation, n (%) | 0 | 12,956 (9.8) | 0 | 3664 (80.9) | < 0.001* |
Ventilator, days (mean ± SD) | 17,263 | 1.8 ± 10.1 | 402 | 14.1 ± 25.4 | < 0.001* |
ICU stay, days (mean ± SD) | 24,375 | 4.1 ± 12.9 | 539 | 15.6 ± 26.5 | < 0.001* |
Hospitalization, days (mean ± SD) | 652 | 9.4 ± 20.7 | 16 | 18.0 ± 31.2 | < 0.001* |
Trips to OpR (mean ± SD) | 31,347 | 1.0 ± 2.8 | 1088 | 2.4 ± 5.6 | < 0.001* |
Operative/invasive procedures (mean ± SD) | 31,347 | 1.7 ± 4.6 | 1088 | 4.0 ± 8.7 | < 0.001* |
Hospital charges, in 1000 US Dollar (mean ± SD) | 83,078 | 79 ± 235 | 2791 | 264 ± 471 | < 0.001* |