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Clinical Trials/ACTRN12614000463673
ACTRN12614000463673
Completed
N/A

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 enrollmentMay 2, 2014

Overview

Phase
N/A
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Not specified
Sponsor
Prof Franz Babl
Enrollment
20000
Status
Completed
Last Updated
6 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
May 2, 2014
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
6 years ago
Study Type
Observational
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
Prof Franz Babl

Eligibility Criteria

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.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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