A study to investigate the prevalence of pituitary gland dysfunction and it's risk factors following traumatic brain injuries (TBI)
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Traumatic brain injuryNervous System Diseases
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN71291784
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Edinburgh
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion Criteria
1. Primary traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) including multi trauma
2. Patients aged 17 years at the time of TBI
3. Informed consent obtained from participant
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients with a pre-existing endocrine diagnosis
2. Morbidly obese patients with BMI > 35
3. Unlikely to survive for the next 24 hours in the opinion of the Intensive care or Neurosurgical team treating the patient
4. Patients with known epilepsy
5. Patients on medications that are known to affect the hypothalamic-pituitary axis
6. Patients who are not able to consent
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method