For a medical symptom description of 'Bitter taste in mouth', the following symptom information may be relevant to the symptoms: Bitter tastes (symptom). However, note that other causes of the symptom 'Bitter taste in mouth' may be possible.
The mortality rate among patients with burns at our two hospitals (4 percent) is consistent with those recently reported from other centers.9,10 Three risk factors for death after burns were identified: an age of more than 60 years, burn size of more than 40 percent of body-surface area, and inhalation injury.
Severe burns of any origin may cause shock, which is treated before the wound. Burns are sometimes classified as first, second, third, and fourth degree. First-degree burns involve only a superficial layer of epidermal cells. Second-degree burns may be divided into superficial partial-thickness and deep partial-thickness wounds.