A Trial to Determine the Efficacy of Near Infrared Spectroscopy to Detect Intracranial Hemorrhage in Children
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Intracranial Hemorrhage
- Interventions
- Device: Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS)
- Registration Number
- NCT00795119
- Lead Sponsor
- IWK Health Centre
- Brief Summary
To diagnose bleeding inside the head, children need to have a CT Scan or MRI of their heads. Not all doctors order these though, especially when there is no history of injury or when children don't look too sick. Unfortunately, this means that some children's bleeding doesn't get diagnosed as early as it could. This study wants to find a way to detect bleeding inside the head without using a CT scan or MRI.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 73
Inclusion Criteria
- All children under 3 years of age who undergo a CT of the head or MRI of the head.
Exclusion Criteria
- Lack of parental consent
- Neurosurgical intervention between CT/MRI and NIRS scanning.
- Scalp hematoma
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description NIRS Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) Children who undergo NIRS
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Sensitivity of NIRS Study conclusion
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method specificity of NIRS, positive/negative predictive value Study conclusion
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
IWK Health Centre
🇨🇦Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada