Table 4 Comparison of ED disposition of burn injury patients (n = 304)
From: Burn injury characteristics: findings from Pakistan National Emergency Department Surveillance Study
| Variables | ED disposition of burn injury patients | p-value* | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Discharged from ED n = 218 |
Admitted n = 65 |
Death n = 21 | |||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| Gender | 0.019 | ||||||
| Male | 152 | 69.7 | 38 | 58.5 | 19 | 90.5 | |
| Female | 66 | 30.3 | 27 | 41.5 | 2 | 9.5 | |
| Age Group | <0.001 | ||||||
| Under 5 years | 11 | 5 | 5 | 7.7 | -0 | 0 | |
| 5-9 years | 11 | 5 | 3 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10-19 years | 39 | 17.9 | 10 | 15.4 | 2 | 9.5 | |
| 20-29 years | 80 | 36.7 | 20 | 30.8 | 3 | 14.3 | |
| 30-39 years | 32 | 14.7 | 14 | 21.5 | 3 | 14.3 | |
| 40-49 years | 27 | 12.4 | 7 | 10.8 | 13 | 61.9 | |
| ≥ 50 years | 18 | 8.3 | 6 | 9.2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mode of Transport (n = 270) | 0.04 | ||||||
| Ambulance | 11 | 5.3 | 7 | 11.7 | 1 | 33.3 | |
| Non ambulance | 196 | 94.7 | 53 | 88.3 | 2 | 66.6 | |
| Hospital Type | <0.001 | ||||||
| Public Hospital | 212 | 97.2 | 63 | 96.9 | 5 | 23.8 | |
| Private Hospital | 6 | 2.8 | 2 | 3.1 | 16 | 76.2 | |
| Intentional Type | 0.186 | ||||||
| Self-inflicted | 33 | 18.5 | 4 | 10.5 | 1 | 5 | |
| Assault | 36 | 20.2 | 6 | 15.8 | 2 | 10 | |
| Unintentional | 109 | 61.2 | 28 | 73.7 | 17 | 85 | |
| Cause Of Burn | <0.001 | ||||||
| Scalds | 153 | 70.2 | 36 | 55.4 | 1 | 4.8 | |
| Fire/Flame/Smoke | 29 | 13.3 | 8 | 12.3 | 17 | 81 | |
| Chemical | 6 | 2.8 | 1 | 1.5 | 1 | 4.8 | |
| Others | 30 | 13.8 | 20 | 30.8 | 2 | 9.5 | |
| Body part injured (n = 252) | <0.001 | ||||||
| Limbs | 113 | 63.1 | 26 | 48.1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Head, neck and face | 53 | 29.6 | 22 | 40.7 | 1 | 5.3 | |
| Thorax | 11 | 6.1 | 6 | 11.1 | 1 | 5.3 | |
| Other | 2 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 89.5 | |
| Degree Of Burn (n = 26) | 0.073 | ||||||
| >20% | 7 | 36.8 | 6 | 85.7 | 0 | 0 | |
| <20% | 12 | 63.2 | 1 | 14.3 | 0 | 0- | |