Table 1.
Characteristics of patients: debrided in the ED under ketamine PSA, debrided in other settings, and debrided in the OT within 24 h.
| Debridement in the ED with ketamine n = 28 N (%) |
Debridement other settings n = 220 N % |
Debridement in OT within 24 h n = 44 N % |
p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burn depth | ||||
| DDPT | 16 (57.1) | 107 (48.6) | 33 (75) | |
| SPT | 12 (42.9) | 113 (51.4) | 11 (25) | 0.005 |
| TBSA % Median (IQR) | 9.5 (8–12.8) | 6 (5–9) | 11.5 (7.3–16) | < 0.001 |
| Gender | 0.665 | |||
| Male | 16 (57.1) | 125 (56.8) | 21 (47.7) | |
| Female | 12 (42.9) | 92 (41.8) | 21 (47.7) | |
| Missing | – | 3 (1.4) | 2 (4.5) | |
| First aid | 0.944 | |||
| Yes | 21 (75) | 168 (76.4) | 32 (72.7) | |
| No | 6 (21.4) | 52 (23.6) | 11 (25) | |
| Missing | 1 (3.6) | – | 1 (2.3) | |
| Age (years) | 0.081 | |||
| 0–4 | 23 (82.1) | 143 (65) | 34 (77.3) | |
| 5–10 | 4 (14.3) | 46 (20.9) | 3 (6.8) | |
| > 10 | 1 (3.6) | 31 (14.1) | 7 (15.9) | |
| Time to re-epithelialisation (Days) Median (IQR) | 21 (12–34) | 17 (12–23) | 14 (10–19) | 0.020 |
| Time to debridement (h:min) | 5:07 (3:26–11:27) | 5:29 (3:44–9:27) | 9:44 (2:57–22:35) | 0.730 |
| Definitive dressing applied | ||||
| Acticoat | 13 (46.6) | 125 (56.8) | 29 (65.9) | |
| Mepilex Ag | 10 (35.7) | 72 (32.7) | 3 (6.8) | |
| Combined silver | 5 (17.9) | 18 (8.2) | 1 (2.3) | |
| Biobrane | – | – | 8 (18.2) | |
| RECELL | – | 1 (0.5) | 2 (4.5) | |
| Flamazine | – | 2 (0.9) | – | |
| Not recorded | – | 2 (0.9) | 1 (2.3) | |
| Grafted | 13 (46.4) | 37 (16.8) | 9 (20.5) | 0.001 |
DDPT deep dermal partial thickness, SPT superficial partial thickness, TBSA total body surface area, ED emergency department, OT operating theatre, IQR interquartile range.
aCombined Silver = Acticoat + Mepilex Ag + Hypafix applied to burns.