Table 1.
Summary statistics for demographic variables and clinical outcomes following burn injury.
Variable (n=228) | Median/count1 |
Age (years) | 35 (21–48) |
Male gender | 172 (75%) |
Ethnicity | |
Caucasian | 129 (56%) |
Hispanic | 51 (22%) |
African American | 41 (18%) |
Other | 7 (4%) |
Percent of total body surface area burned | 33 (23–49) |
Percent of total body surface area full thickness burn | 18 (9–38) |
Burn mechanism | |
Flame | 188 (82%) |
Scald | 22 (10%) |
Electrical | 12 (5%) |
Other | 6 (3%) |
Inhalation injury | 55 (24%) |
Died | 40 (18%) |
Intensive care unit length of stay (days) | 16 (4–32) |
Total length of stay (days) | 27 (16–48) |
Duration of mechanical ventilation (days) | 10 (0–22) |
1Continuous data are presented as medians (25th–75th percentiles). Categorical data are presented as number of patients (percentages).