Clinical Assessment of Burns in Norway

• Conditions: Burns
• Interventions: Procedure: Clinical assessment

• Registration Number: NCT04530279
• Lead Sponsor: Haukeland University Hospital

Brief Summary

Clinical assessment of burn depth and area can be challenging even for experienced surgeons. Still, the assessment is fundamental for the treatment, as it determines the fluid treatment and indication for escharotomy and need for referral to a burn centre.There are few studies comparing the initial evaluation of burn depth and surface with that of a specialist burn centre. The aim of this study was to make such a comparison for a cohort of patients admitted to a specialist burn centre during one year.The cohort was defined as patients transferred to the burn unit at Haukeland university hospital during 2014.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-01-01
• Study First Submitted: 2020-08-25
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-08-25
• Study First Posted: 2020-08-28
• Status Verified: 2022-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-03-18
• Last Update Posted: 2022-03-21
• Primary Completion: 2022-12-31
• Study Completion: 2023-06-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients transferred to the burn unit at Haukeland university hospital during 2014

Exclusion Criteria

• Readmissions
• Patients transported to Haukeland directly from the site of the accident

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Referring hospital	Clinical assessment	Burn assessments performed in referring hospitals
Burn centre	Clinical assessment	Burn assessments performed in the national burn centre

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The percentage of total body surface area (TBSA) burnt	1 year	TBSA measured with any described clinical method, for example, Wallace's Rule of Nines, Lund and Browder charts, and Palmar Surface Measurement ('rule of palm')
Burn depth	1 year	Burn depth measured with any described clinical method.Clinical assessment of depth is a subjective evaluation based on visual and tactile characteristics, that is, wound appearance, capillary refill and wound sensibility to touch and pin prick.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Haukeland University Hospital; 🇳🇴 Bergen, Vestland, Norway