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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

Variable

ED BICU (n = 261)

PPSHCC (n = 264)

p-value

Time from injury to BICU admission (hours)*

2.37 ± 1.65

9.5 ± 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 deaths

26 (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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