Haemorrhage From Severe Neck and Facial Injuries - Characteristics, Management and Outcomes

Completed

• Conditions: Trauma (Including Fractures); Facial Bones Fracture; Neck Injuries

• Registration Number: NCT07204405
• Lead Sponsor: Karolinska University Hospital

Brief Summary

This is a descriptive observational study of trauma patients admitted to the Trauma Unit at the Karolinska University Hospital Solna, Stockholm, Sweden. Data will be collected from the Karolinska Trauma Registry for all patients from 2015 to 2024. A more detailed dataset will be extracted from the Trauma Registry for all patients with serious facial or neck injuries. For those patients, data will also manually be extracted from their clinical records.

Detailed Description

Data will be collected from the Karolinska Trauma Registry for all patients from 2015 to 2024. A more detailed dataset will be extracted from the Trauma Registry for all patients with an Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) severity score of ≥ 3 for facial or neck injuries. Data will include demographics, injury mechanism, injury type, physiology, treatment and outcome. For those patients with a severe facial or neck injury, data will also manually be extracted from their clinical records regarding prehospital details, initial physiology, injury type, treatment and bleeding.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-01-01
• Primary Completion: 2024-12-31
• Study Completion: 2025-06-01
• Status Verified: 2025-09
• Study First Submitted: 2025-09-24
• Study First Submitted QC: 2025-09-24
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-09-24
• Study First Posted: 2025-10-02
• Last Update Posted: 2025-10-02

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 15000

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients included in the Karolinska Trauma Registry

Exclusion Criteria

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Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Death from bleeding	30 days	Death from bleeding within 30 days.