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.
INTRODUCTION â Burns are a leading cause of accidental injury and death in the United States and worldwide [ 1-5 ]. Each year approximately one million people in the United States seek medical care for burns, approximately one-third of these in the emergency department (ED) [ 1,4-6 ]. Although the vast majority of injuries do not require hospitalization, severe burns can lead to significant morbidity and death.