Burn injury characteristics: findings from Pakistan National Emergency Department Surveillance Study

BMC Emergency Medicine

Table 4 Comparison of ED disposition of burn injury patients (n = 304)

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-

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