Growth and Development in Children after Burns; a Multi-Centre Prospective Cohort Study
Recruiting
- Conditions
- burnsBrandwondenBurn injuries1004079010040795
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON49548
- Lead Sponsor
- Rode Kruis Ziekenhuis
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 160
Inclusion Criteria
1) The patient is <18 years old, at the time of the burn injury.
2) The patient has a burn injury that requires surgical treatment or admission
of 24 hours or more, at one of the three Dutch burn centres (Rode Kruis
Ziekenhuis, Maasstad Ziekenhuis, Martini Ziekenhuis).
Exclusion Criteria
1) Patients with electrical burns will be excluded, as the nature and
physiology of electrical burns differs from other burn injuries.
2) Patients, parents, and caretakers with insufficient Dutch language skills,
or otherwise incapable of providing informed consent.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>The primary study parameter is the deviation from the predicted weight curve at<br /><br>twelve months post-burn (Z-scores). </p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Secondary endpoints include other post-burn growth and development outcomes<br /><br>compared to both predicted and Dutch reference values.</p><br>