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Clinical Trials/ACTRN12614000463673
ACTRN12614000463673Completed未知

A prospective observational study of children presenting to the Emergency Department with head injury, comparing three high quality international decision rules regarding CT scan and assess their accuracy in identifying clinically important traumatic brain Injuries

Prof Franz Babl0 sites20,000 target enrollmentStarted: May 2, 2014Last updated:

Trial Snapshot

Phase
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Status
Completed
Sponsor
Enrollment
20,000

Study Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Study Design

Study Type
Observational

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
Years to 17 Years (—)
Sex
All

Inclusion Criteria

  • Patients between birth and less than 18 years of age with head injuries of all severities. The definition of head injury does not include patients who have sustained a trivial facial injury defined as a ground level fall or walking or running into an object with no signs or symptoms of injury other than facial abrasions or lacerations below the eyebrows.

Exclusion Criteria

  • - Refusal to participate to the study
  • - Direct referral from the emergency department triage to a general practitioner or other external provider (i.e. not seen in the emergency department)
  • - Departure from the emergency department before being seen
  • - Neuroimaging prior to presentation for the same injury
  • Individual exclusion criteria (relevant to each Clinical Decision Rule) will be applied when comparing data with each Clinical Decision Rule.

Investigators

Sponsor
Prof Franz Babl

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