owering the radiation dose in whole-body computed tomography of seriously injured patients using new imaging-processing software

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Clinical evidence of or high suspicion of multiple trauma; Injury, Occupational Diseases, Poisoning; Trauma

• Registration Number: ISRCTN74557102
• Lead Sponsor: Emergency Hospital, Berlin (Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin) (Germany)

Brief Summary

2014 protocol in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24589310 2020 results in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31940019/ (added 26/06/2020)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2013-12-16
• Study Completion: 2016-01-01
• Last Update Posted: 6 July 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1074

Inclusion Criteria

We will collect data of all consecutive male and female patients of any age who:
1. Had been exposed to a high-velocity trauma mechanism (e.g., car crash, fall from height)
2. Present with clinical evidence or high suspicion of multiple trauma (predicted Injury Severity Score
[ISS] =16)
3. Re scheduled for primary, single-pass whole-body MDCT based on the decision of the trauma leader on call

Exclusion Criteria

We will exclude patients who, at any time, withdraw consent of study participation.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified