Cardiac Arrhythmias and Dysfunction in the Pediatric Burn Patient
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Cardiac Dysfunction
- Sponsor
- Shriners Hospitals for Children
- Enrollment
- 10
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Frequency of cardiac dysfunction in pediatric burn patients
- Status
- Terminated
- Last Updated
- 7 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to collect information about how often an abnormal heart beat happens in children who have been burned.
Detailed Description
The investigators hope to learn the following: * If heart arrhythmias are more common in children with a large burn injury than in children with a small burn injury. * The difference in development of a heart arrhythmia after a large burn injury by comparing information from children with large burns who do and do not develop a heart arrhythmia. * A better understanding of the length of a hospital stay, the number of operations, and the number of care complications in patients with heart arrhythmias after a burn injury.
Investigators
Ivan Wilmot
Principal Investigator
Shriners Hospitals for Children
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Pediatric burn patients from age 0 - 18 who have sustained a burn injury will be eligible for this study.
- •Group 1 will consist of patients with ≥30% TBSA burn injury. Group 2 will consist of patients with \<30% TBSA burn injury who develop a cardiac abnormality.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Patients with pre-existing cardiac disorder, desquamative skin disorders and electrical injury.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Frequency of cardiac dysfunction in pediatric burn patients
Time Frame: Through study completion up to 4 years after hospital discharge.
Results of echocardiograms will be compared between patients with cardiac dysfunction versus those without cardiac dysfunction.
Secondary Outcomes
- Acute care hospital length of stay(Hospital admission to discharge (average of 1 day per %TBSA burn - example 30 days for a 30% TBSA burn injury).)