Table 1 Patient characteristics
From: The leading causes of death after burn injury in a single pediatric burn center
Characteristic | Number of patients |
|---|---|
Total number of patients admitted from 1989 to 2009 (n) | 5260 |
Total number of deaths (n) | 145 |
Mortality (%) | 2.8 |
Age of deceased (years) | 7 ± 6 |
Total body surface area burned of deceased (%) | 69 ± 23 |
Respiratory failure (%) | 29 |
Brain death (%) | 16 |
Shock (%) | 8 |
Sepsis (%) | 47* |
Incidence of inhalation injury among deceased (%) | 71 |
Time until death post-burn (days) | 29 ± 50 |