Bedside Ultrasound in Blunt trauma chest for detection of rib fractures and associated injuries
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: S229- Fracture of bony thorax, part unspecified
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/08/056261
- Lead Sponsor
- Sasi Kiran Munipalle
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
age above 18, clinical suspicion of blunt trauma thorax, positive chest compression test
Exclusion Criteria
1. Associated penetrating trauma chest
2. patients requiring immediate surgery
3. patients deemed unsuitable because of extent of trauma or hemodynamically unstable as deemed by ED physician
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To Evaluate diagnostic accuracy of POCUS in detecting RIB fracture in blunt trauma thoraxTimepoint: During the first 2 hours after the patients arrival at the emergency department.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. To characterise the detection of associated injuries of blunt trauma thorax (pneumothorax, hemothorax, lung contusion, diaphragmatic injury)Timepoint: single point study