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SHOCK INDEX AS A PROGNOSTICATOR FOR EMERGENT SURGICAL INTERVENTION AND MORTALITY IN TRAUMA PATIENTS AT A TERTIARY HOSPITAL IN JOHANNESBURG: A MEDICAL RECORDS BASED RETROSPECTIVE COHORT REVIEW

SHOCK INDEX AS A PROGNOSTICATOR FOR EMERGENT SURGICAL INTERVENTION AND MORTALITY IN TRAUMA PATIENTS AT A TERTIARY HOSPITAL IN JOHANNESBURG: A RETROSPECTIVE COHORT REVIEW

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ChiCTR
Registry ID
ChiCTR2100044537
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2021-03-23
Start date
2019-01-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-09-20

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

Conditions

Trauma

Interventions

Case series:Emergency surgical Intervention

Sponsors

Dr Richard Allan Crawford
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 88 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All records of patients over the age of 18 years old who were trauma team activations

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients declared Dead on Arrival or whose injuries are deemed non-survivable; All isolated Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) patients and Isolated Thermal/Chemical Injuries; All patients taken for surgery for isolated Orthopaedic procedures where by the procedure is not related to the control of haemorrhage; Patients whose physiological response to hypovolemia will be altered such as those known to be on rate control medications / pace makers or started on inotropes prior to hospital admission; Patients referred in from another hospital; Patients discharged / who sign refusal of hospital treatment or abscond without admission to the unit for further treatment.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Survival;—

Countries

South Africa

Contacts

Public ContactDr Richard Allan Crawford

The University of the Witwatersrand

rcrawford.sa@gmail.com+27 8 28461559

Outcome results

None listed

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