Table 3.

Patient demographics.

n	Control 76	PICCO 76	p-value
Gender
Male (n)	49	51
Female (n)	27	25
Ethnicity
Afro American (n)	5	7
Caucasian (n)	16	4
Hispanic (n)	53	64
other (n)	2	1
Age at admit (years)	7.7 ± 0.6	9.1 ± 0.6	NS
Type of burn
Flame n	64 (84.2)	58 (76.3)	NS
Scald n	11 (14.5)	11 (14.5)	NS
Other mechanism n	1 (1.3)	7 (9.2)	NS
TBSA burn %	62.2 ± 2.5	64.0 ± 2.3	NS
Inhal Injury n (%)	28 (36.8)	27 (35.5)	NS
TBSA second %	9.6 ± 13.5	14.2 ± 22.5	NS
TBSA third %	52.2 ± 3.2	49.8 ± 3.2	NS
Burn to admit (days)	2.1 ± 0.2	2.0 ± 0.2	NS

Both groups are consistent in demographic parameters and injury characteristics.