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.
Burns of skin or other tissue are caused by fire, radiant heat, radiation, chemical, or electrical contact. Thermal burns result from any external heat source (flame, hot liquids, heated solid objects, or hot gases). Fire-related deaths may also result from inhalation of carbon monoxide and other toxic products of combustion, including cyanide.