Evaluating Validity of Clinical Criteria for Requesting Chest X-Rays in Trauma Patients
- Conditions
- Chest Trauma
- Registration Number
- NCT01134744
- Lead Sponsor
- Isfahan University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to identify the clinical criteria for requesting a chest x-ray in a patient with blunt trauma and its findings such as clinical signs with a high sensitivity could be used in a larger study to codify the final criteria.
- Detailed Description
At present, a Chest x-ray is obtained from all trauma patients having suspicion to chest trauma. The indications for such radiographs are not well defined. This results in a large number of unnecessary chest radiographs being obtained. Our goal was to identify the clinical criteria for requesting a chest x-ray in a patient with blunt trauma and its findings such as clinical signs with a high sensitivity could be used in a larger study to codify the final criteria.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 385
- Every patient with blunt trauma to chest
- nothing
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method chest pain 5 min after admision time for Assessing the accuaracy of this outcome we evaluated this one with chest x-ray manifestation
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method tachypnea 5 min after admision time for Assessing the accuaracy of this outcome we evaluated this one with chest x-ray manifestation
abrasion 5 min after admision time for Assessing the accuaracy of this outcome we evaluated this one with chest x-ray manifestation
crepitation 5 min after admision time for Assessing the accuaracy of this outcome we evaluated this one with chest x-ray manifestation
Trial Locations
- Locations (2)
Emamkhomeini University Hospital
🇮🇷Tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic of
Al-zahra university hospital
🇮🇷Isfahan, Iran, Islamic Republic of