Effect of starvation on the clinical outcome of children suffering from head injury
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: S098- Other specified injuries of headHealth Condition 2: S098- Other specified injuries of head
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2024/02/062401
- Lead Sponsor
- Deptt of Science Technology Renewable energy, Chandigarh Administration
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Patient o with moderate to severe isolated traumatic brain injury.
Exclusion Criteria
1.GCS of 5 or less at presentation
2.Presentation to hospital after 24 hours of sustaining injury.
3.A pre-existing known metabolic disorder that could cause ketoacidosis (type 1 diabetes, porphyria’s, organic acidaemia, glycogen storage disease, and gluconeogenesis disorders etc.
4.Injury Severity Score of more than 25 at hospital admission
5.Children with pre-existing neurodevelopment delay (cerebral palsy, global developmental delay etc.)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To find the incidence of starvation ketoacidosisTimepoint: Time of admission in triage
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1.To find its effect on the outcome <br/ ><br>2.To assess nil per oral status if any and its reason(s) <br/ ><br>3.To find its relation to time from injury to hospital admission <br/ ><br>4.To evaluate Glasgow Outcome Score at 3 months <br/ ><br>5.APACHE score , Injury Severity Score, Marshall’s score at admission <br/ ><br>Timepoint: At the time of triage admission