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Table 2 Demographic and clinical characteristics of burn cases

From: Trends in microbial profile of burn patients following an event of dust explosion at a tertiary medical center

Variables

Number (n = 37)

Percentage (%)

Intensive care units

24

64.9

Gender

 Male

22

59.5

 Female

15

40.5

 Inhalation injury

32

86.5

Laboratory dataa

 White blood cell (≥10,500 mm3)

27

73.0

 Hematocrit < 35%

8

21.6

 Serum sodium (≥146 mmol/L)

6

16.2

 Serum potassium (≥5.5 mmol/L)

4

10.8

 Serum creatinine (≥1.5 mg/dL)

4

10.8

 Serum albumin (≤2.49 g/dL)

0

0.0

Invasive devices (yes)

 Endotracheal tube

23

62.2

 Mechanical ventilator > 96 h

16

43.2

 Central line catheter

18

48.6

 Foley catheter

13

35.1

 Hemodialysis

2

5.4

 Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

1

2.7

Site of healthcare-associated infection (n = 40)

 Bloodstream infection

28

70.0

 Symptomatic urinary tract infection

9

22.5

 Asymptomatic bacteriuria

2

5.0

 Central nervous system infection

1

2.5

 Mortality

1

2.7

Continuity variables

mean ± SD

min-max

Age (years)

22 ± 6.2

13–38

APACHE II scores

14.3 ± 8.0

2–32

LOS before the first isolated MDR (n = 23)

17.7 ± 16.0

2–55a

Total LOS in hospital stay#

85.4 ± 70.4

9–276a

Baux score

24.5 ± 8.7

6–46

  1. SD standard deviation, APACHE acute physiology and chronic health evaluation, LOS length of stay, MDR multi-drug resistant microbes
  2. aThe highly abnormal values during the hospital stay were selected for the analysis
  3. #The LOS is calculated throughout the hospital stay, and other data are within 3 months of hospitalization (from June 27 to October 31)