Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients diagnosed with blunt abdominal trauma who require inpatient admission for non-operative management
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Penetrating abdominal trauma 2. Patients on antiplatelet or anticoagulant agents 3. Patients who will be hemodynamically unstable necessitating immediate operative intervention 4. Hemoglobin less than 7g/dl and Hematocrit less than 20 at admission 5. Patients having active contrast extravasation in CECT 6. Pregnancy 7. Patients requiring any operative intervention for associated injuries in first 72 hours 8. GCS 9. Associated pancreatic injury
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To assess the need for additional sampling for Haemoglobin (Hb) and Haematocrit (Hct) in the test groupTimepoint: 4 weeks (1 month) post admission | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Failure of Non Operative ManagementTimepoint: 72 hours;Need for Blood transfusionsTimepoint: 72 hours;Length of Hospital stayTimepoint: Length of Hospital stay;Number of Re-admissionsTimepoint: 30 days | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
AIIMS NEW DELHI