Trauma recidivism in England and Wales: an epidemiological study.

ABSTRACT:

Abstract

Background

Trauma recidivism refers to patients who are injured repeatedly. There has been no evaluation of trauma recidivism in England and Wales. We hypothesize that, because population demographics and predominant trauma mechanism differ from other studied populations, the typical demographics of patients suffering repeated trauma would differ. Our aim was to determine the demographic and injury characteristics, and outcomes of patients suffering repeated trauma.

Methods

This was a national, retrospective, population-based cohort study of patients included in the prospectively collected Trauma Audit & Research Network's (TARN) National Trauma Registry for England and Wales between 2019 and 2020. We defined recidivism as a second admission, with different

SUBMITTER: McNickle L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12265836 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature