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Table 3 Comparison of patients treated at district hospital first and patients treated at emergency department of BICU

From: Predictors of mortality and validation of burn mortality prognostic scores in a Malaysian burns intensive care unit

VariableED BICU (n = 261)PPSHCC (n = 264)p-value
Time from injury to BICU admission (hours)*2.37 ± 1.659.5 ± 17.38< 0.001
First assessment percentage of TBSA burn*20.25 ± 19.61%21.16 ± 18.84%0.379
Difference of estimated percentage TBSA from BICU*1.2 ± 5.19%0.61 ± 5.16%0.188
Total deaths26 (41.94%)36 (58.06%)0.192
  1. *mean (SD); n, number, TBSA percentage total body surface area, ED, Emergency Department, BICU Burns Intensive Care Unit, PPSHCC Periphery Primary and Secondary Health Care Centre
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