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Serially Measured Lab Test (Procalcitonin levels) in Trauma Victims with Head Injury to Predict the Outcome.

Prognostic Value of Serially Estimated Serum Procalcitonin Levels in Multiple Trauma Patients with Head Injury

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2017/05/008466
Enrollment
100
Registered
2017-05-03
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: null- patients with traumatic injury admitted to the ICU at the JPNATC will be prospectively included in the study. Age more than 16yrs and survival for atleast 12 hours.

Interventions

Control Intervention1: HI(ECI-VE): Head injury without extracranial injury

Sponsors

JPNA Trauma Centre AIIMS
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: all patients with traumatic injury admitted to the ICU at the JPNATC will be prospectively included in the study. Inclusion criteria will be survival for at least 12 hours. PCT will be monitored on day 1, 3 and 7 after trauma. The data collected during admission will be age, gender, type of accident (road traffic accident, bike accident, fall, and assault), chronic conditions if any, GCS, severity of trauma according to ISS, the SAPS II ( simplified acute physiology II) score and number of blood transfused within first 24 hours after trauma.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Multiple trauma patients without head injury and infants, children aged less than 16 years, patients with history of malignancy, previous or presently having sepsis or in state of septic shock.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
1. Outcome at ICU discharge assessed using Glasgow outcome scale (GOS) / Glasgow coma scale (GCS) 2. Outcome at 1 month postinjury GOS / GCS Timepoint: 1. Outcome at ICU discharge 2. Outcome at 1 month postinjury

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1. length of stay in ICU from admission 2. length of stay in hospital from admissionTimepoint: ICU admission time ICU discharge time Hospital admission time Hospital discharge time

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Gaurav Singh Tomar

All India Institute of Medical Sciences

keshavgoyalster@gmail.com9868398610

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026