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Table 3 Clinical key data of burn patients (n) based on the number of burn injury admissions (N) to the North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center, 2005–2015

From: Burn recidivism: a 10-year retrospective study characterizing patients with repeated burn injuries at a large tertiary referral burn center in the United States

 

Non-recidivist (NRC)

n = 7083 N = 7083

Recidivist (RC)

n = 51 N = 129

RC2

n = 37 N = 74

RC≥ 3

n = 14 N = 55

p value

NRC vs. RC

Psychiatric consult, n (%)

628 (8.9)

11 (21.6)

11 (29.7)

6 (42.9)

< 0.0001*

Alcohol and drug screening, N (%)

 UDS obtained

3665 (51.7)

72 (55.8)

47 (63.5)

25 (45.5)

0.36

 UDS positivea

2984 (81.4)

67 (93.1)

42 (89.4)

25 (100)

0.01*

 BAL obtained

3445 (48.6)

59 (45.7)

40 (54.1)

19 (34.5)

0.51

 BAL positiveb

408 (11.8)

9 (15.3)

5 (12.5)

4 (21.1)

0.41

Comorbidities, n (%)

 Psychiatric disorder

1034 (14.6)

38 (74.5)

24 (64.9)

14 (100)

< 0.0001*

 Substance use disorder

881 (12.4)

39 (76.5)

26 (70.3)

13 (92.9)

< 0.0001*

 Tobacco use disorder

1018 (14.4)

43 (84.3)

29 (78.4)

14 (100)

< 0.0001*

  1. UDS urine drug screen, BAL blood alcohol level
  2. NRC, patients with only 1 burn injury admission
  3. RC, all recidivists (RC2s + RC≥ 3)
  4. RC2s, patients with exactly 2 burn injury admissions
  5. RC≥ 3, patients with 3 or more burn injury admissions (range 3–8)
  6. aPositive includes amphetamines, cocaine, cannabis, opiates, benzodiazepines, and barbiturates
  7. bPositive includes any non-zero BAL
  8. *p < 0.05