Table V.
Clinical signs and death in work-related burn patients
| Variables | Non-survivor (n=48) N (%) |
Survivor (n=347) N (%) |
OR (95% CI) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burn shock (*) | ||||
| Yes | 44 (91.7) | 134 (38.6) | 5.9 (5.1-15 3) | <0.001 |
| No | 4 (8.3) | 199 (41.4) | Ref | |
| Facial burn (*) | ||||
| Yes | 35 (72.9) | 137 (39.5) | 4.8 (2.8-9.6) | 0.01 |
| No | 13 (27.1) | 210 (60.5) | Ref | |
| Burns of the upper extremities | ||||
| Yes | 26 (54.2) | 230 (66.3) | 0,9 (0.2-2.2) | 0.7 |
| No | 22 (45.8) | 117 (33.7) | Ref | |
| Burns of the lower extremities | ||||
| Yes | 20 (41.7) | 189 (54.5) | 1.3 (0.6-3.9) | 0.8 |
| No | 28 (58.3) | 158 (45.5) | Ref | |
| Body burn (*) | ||||
| Yes | 30 (62.5) | 182 (52.4) | 2.3 (0.4-3.1) | 0.06 |
| No | 18 (37.5) | 165 (47.6) | Ref | |
| Perineal bora (*) | ||||
| Yes | 19 (39.6) | 92 (26.5) | 1.3 (0.6-2.5) | 0.18 |
| No | 29 (60.4) | 255 (73.5) | Ref | |
| Burned band (*) | ||||
| Yes | 30 (62.5) | 153 (44.1) | 1.7 (0.54-2.8) | 0.13 |
| No | 18 (37.5) | 194 (55.9) | Ref | |
| Inhalation injury (*) | ||||
| Yes | 32 (66.7) | 53(16) | 9.2 (6.5-16.2) | <0.001 |
| No | 16 (33.3) | 281(84) | Ref | |
| TBSA (%) (*) | ||||
| <20 | 10 (20.8) | 189 (54.5) | Ref | |
| 21-49 | 26 (54.2) | 154 (44.4) | 1.6(0.6-3.8) | |
| ≥50 | 12(25) | 4 (1.1) | 4.3 (2.4-5) | 0.09 |
| Full thickness burn injuries (%) (*) | Total: 294 | |||
| <20 | 7 (14.6) | 200 (81.3) | Ref | |
| 21-49 | 28 (58.3) | 45 (18.3) | 5.4 (3.9-8.3) | |
| ≥50 | 13 (27.1) | 1 (0.4) | 9.2 (5.2-13.6) | <0.001 |
| Combined trauma (**) | ||||
| None | 40 (83.3) | 345 (99.4) | Ref | |
| Yes | 8 (16.7) | 2 (0.06) | 3 (2,8-4,6) | 0.04 |
| Complications | ||||
| None | 2 (4.2) | 279 (80.4) | Ref | |
| Yes (***) | 46 (95.8) | 68 (19.6) | 23 (10.2-35.5) | <0.001 |
(*): The selected variables for multivariate analysis
(**): Including one or more of the following combined traumas: traumatic brain injury, abdominal trauma, broken limbs, multiple trauma
(***): Including one or more of the following complications: sepsis shock, ARDS, renal failure, gastrointestinal bleeding, multiple organ failure