Burn Injuries Resulting from Hot Water Bottle Use: A Retrospective Review of Cases Presenting to a Regional Burns Unit in the United Kingdom

Table 1

Essential burn demographics.

Age	25.7 years (9 days to 76 years)
Gender (male : female)	38 : 47 (44.7% : 55.3%)
%TBSA	3.07% (0.10–25.50%)
Adults (18 years or older) : children (17 years or younger)	46 : 39
Length of stay	1.29 days (0–28 days)
Time to heal (days)	28.19 days (6–109 days)
Ethnicity	Caucasian or British Caucasian—49
	Mixed—0
	Asian or Asian British—18
	Afro-Caribbean or Afro-Caribbean British—15
	Arab or British Arab—3
Operations	Debridement and spilt skin grafting—7
	Debridement and application of Biobrane—3
	Pedicled flap—1
Inhalational injury	0