The effect of Erythropoietin Alfa in traumatic brain injury
- Conditions
- Traumatic Brain Injury.External causes of morbidity and mortalityV01-Y98
- Registration Number
- IRCT201204149462N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Tehran University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 70
Inclusion and exclusion Criteria were as follows: Patients with blunt head trauma; GCS equal or less than 13 in admission time; patient admitted in hospital less than 8 hours after trauma
Patient’s GCS above 13 in admission time; patients with GCS=3 and pupils without reaction to light in admission time; penetrating head injury; O2-Sat bellow 90% in admission time; admission after 8 hours of injury; any critical injury in any part of the body except for head; patient with history of CPR before the intervention; any kind of severe pre-existing systemic co-morbidity; history of hypersensitivity to any injected drug; any patients with drug history of anticoagulant therapy; age under 4 years or above 70 years
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method GCS score. Timepoint: Admission time, 24 hourse. 7 days. Method of measurement: Clinical assessment (Physical examination).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Glasgow Outcome Scale Score. Timepoint: 6th mounth. Method of measurement: Clinical assessment (Physical examination).;Decrease in hospital stay. Timepoint: Day of discharge. Method of measurement: days.