None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
A retrospective clinical audit of patients admitted with rib fractures will provide a district wide summary of inpatient rib fracture management. This audit will assess patterns and outcomes of patients admitted with fractured ribs, and patterns in any complications the patients experienced. The audit has the potential to contribute to the body of evidence in the management of patients with fractured ribs. Pain management is a common priority when it comes to the management of patients with fractured ribs. Trends and patterns of analgesic use will provide insight into the current trends of pain management provided to patients with fractured ribs. Foreshadowing future complications from patients with fracture ribs will help refine the current management, pathways, and guidelines for rib fracture management.
Interventions
Retrospective clinical audit of patient electronic medical records from January 2018 - December 2019. Patients admitted to hospital with one or more fractured ribs over a two-year period. Only information related to their hospital admission / encounter for the fractured ribs will be obtained.
Sponsors
RPA Virtual Hospital
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
15 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
1-disease status / or disease group for study: admitted patient diagnosed with one more more fractured rib from January 2018 - December 2019. 2-all genders. 3-patients aged greater than or equal to 15 years old. 4-others: must have at least one radiographs or CT-scan; standard of care for diagnosing one or more fractured ribs
Exclusion criteria
1-Patients younger than 15 years old. 2-patients who are pregnant
Outcome results
None listed