Untreated Malnutrition is Associated with Increased Morbidity and Mortality in Septic Orthopaedic Trauma Patients

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00018935

Enrollment

400

Registered

2019-10-23

Start date

2014-06-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

We defined septic orthopedic trauma patients as any patient who presented to our level I trauma center suffering from impaired wound healing, post-operative tissue infection, acute or chronic osteomyelitis, implant associated infection or prosthetic joint infection

Interventions

Group 1: Septic-orthopeadic trauma patients (BG Unfallklinik Tuebingen) were followed up by telephone interview after a time period of 3 years.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: -Written consent -at least treatet for 1 night as an inpatient at the septic orthopeadic ward

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - Patient rejected to participate - critically ill and therefore required intensive care treatment - suffering from dementia - Pat. under 18 years - insufficient knowledge of German language

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The aim of this study was to assess morbidity, readmission rate and mortality in septic orthopaedic trauma patients at risk of malnutrition over a 3-year follow-up	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Healt Outcome (EuroQol 5D)	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactElke Maurer

BG Unfallklinik Tübingen, Abteilung für Unfall- und Wiederherstellungschirurgie

emaurer@bgu-tuebingen.de07071-6060

Outcome results

None listed

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