| Abstract: | A total of 1402 patients were treated in the Nuffield Burns Unit between 1960 and 1970. There were 51 deaths (3·3 per cent); 40 were anticipated from mortal burns (Bull, 1954), 5 from pulmonary embolism and 1 each from airway burn, diffuse adrenal haemorrhage, septicaemia, coincidental rupture of an aortic aneurysm, toxic nephritis and hepatitis.Of the 1402, 218 (15·8 per cent) had burns involving the neck and adjacent areas; 29 of these 218 had extensive whole skin loss of the neck and adjacent skin. |
