Factors influencing burns in patients with epilepsy
| Severity of burns (time to heal (days)) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–7 | 7–14 | 14–21 | >21 | Total | |
| Burns (n) | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 34 |
| Relation to seizure: | |||||
| Seizure | 8 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 19 |
| No seizure | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Not known | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Cause of burn: | |||||
| Kettle | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Teapot | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Cup | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| Cooker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Chemical | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cigarettes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Hot pipe | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Heater | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Unknown | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Relation to independence and seizure frequency: | |||||
| Burns/100 people (n): | |||||
| Independent | 9 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 3.6 | 16.2 |
| Intermediate | 5.3 | 4.3 | 0 | 2.1 | 11.7 |
| Dependent | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Burns/seizure (×10−4) (n): | |||||
| Independent | 21 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 8.4 | 37.8 |
| Intermediate | 18 | 15 | 0 | 7.5 | 40.5 |
| Dependent | 14 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 35 |
| Seizures/person/year (median): | |||||
| Independent | 43 | ||||
| Intermediate | 28 | ||||
| Dependent | 14 | ||||