A trial to find out if the head end of the patients bed need to be raised if air enters the brain after a head injury.
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Pneumocephalus following head injury
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2017/08/009578
- Lead Sponsor
- JIPMER
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
All patients with pneumocephalus detected by CT scan soon after head injury
Pneumocephalus should measure at least 10 ml by volumetry in the initial scan or if volumetry cannot be done, the air bubble should measure 3 cm in all dimensions. If there are multiple specks of pneumocephalus, the total diameter in each of the two dimensions should be 3 cm so that the volume is approximately 10 ml by the formula axbxc divided by 2 where a, b and c are the dimensions in orthogonal planes.
1)Patients who are pregnant in whom CT scans are relatively contraindicated or have to be limited
2)Patients whose pneumocephalus was detected more than 24 hours after the injury.
3)Preexisting CSF rhinorrhea or otorrhea
4)Patients who require immediate cranial neurosurgical intervention or are very likely to have surgery within 5 days
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method