Which antibiotic is better to prevent meningitis after head injury: Ampicillin or Ceftriaxone?
Phase 3
Active, not recruiting
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Adult (above 12 years) brain trauma patients who reach the hospital within 24 hours of trauma in whom CT scan is showing pneumocephalus (air bubbles inside the cranial cavity)Health Condition 2: G939- Disorder of brain, unspecified
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2013/07/003831
- Lead Sponsor
- Gopalakrishnan MS
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Closed to Recruitment of Participants
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
All adult (above 12 years) brain trauma patients who reach the hospital within 24 hours of trauma in whom CT scan is showing pneumocephalus
Exclusion Criteria
1.Patient in whom the treating doctor feels that antibiotics are necessary for any other indication immediately or is very likely to require antibiotics in the next five days.
Example: A patient with compound depressed fracture who is being taken up for surgical debridement
2.Patient with a known severe penicillin allergy.
3.Patient with known severe renal failure..
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method