Table 2 Demographic characteristics of contact burns (May to September, 2016–2018)

Number

225

27

15

103

–

Age (years)

57 (1–97)

34 (15–65)

32 (6–59)

37 (0.1–92)

0.002

Sex (male/female)

155/70

18/9

11/4

64/39

0.6

% TBSA

4 (1–30)

7 (1–19)

8 (1–19)

1.5 (0.25–18)

0.001

Ethanol levels (mg/dl)

151 (24–395)

183 (37–364)

167 (54–280)

68 (40–236)

–

ISS

1 (1–34)

5 (1–43)

4 (1–5)

1 (0–10)

0.001

GCS

15 (3–15)

15 (3–15)

15 (7–15)

15 (1–15)

0.76

BMI, kg/m²

27 (16–66)

27 (18–102)

25 (17–53)

25 (10–47)

0.33

Hospital LOS (days)

12 (1–109)

12 (1–61)

11 (1–19)

4 (1–36)

0.001

LOS/% TBSA (days)

3

1.7

1.3

2.7

–

ICU LOS (days)

8 (1–69)

16 (1–50)

–

–

–

Ventilator (days)

8 (1–58)

16 (7–41)

–

–

–

Procedures (number)

5 (0–106)

10 (0–50)

11 (0–24)

2 (0–37)

0.001

Cellulitis, n (%)

22 (10%)

1 (4%)

0

10 (10%)

0.67

Hospital charges (US$)

172,024 (8128–5,468,380)

239,018 (7789–2,261,061)

190,616 (5717–305,053)

51,802 (3173–684,096)

0.005

Median hospital charges/hospital LOS (US$)

14,335

19,918

17,329

12,951

–

Median hospital charges/% TBSA (US$)

43,006

34,145

23,827

34,535

–

Mortality, n (%)

13 (6%)

1 (4%)

0

0

–

 Caucasian

151 (67%)

15 (56%)

9 (60%)

56 (55%)

–

 Hispanic

38 (17%)

9 (33%)

3 (20%)

28 (27%)

–

 African-American

23 (10%)

1 (4%)

0

4 (4%)

–

 Native American Indian

11 (5%)

2 (7%)

2 (13%)

14(14%)

–

 Hawaiian

1 (0.4%)

0

0

0

–

 Asian

1 (0.4%)

0

1 (7.0)

0

–