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.
Neutrophilia in severe burns is accompanied by a shift to the left in the differential and the presence of degenerative forms, including toxic granulation and Dohle bodies. Postoperatively, neutrophilia occurs for 12-36 hours as a result of tissue injuryârelated increases in adrenocortical hormones.