Hypothermia in the Trauma Patient - When do Trauma Patients Get Cold?

Hypothermia in the Trauma Patient - Temperature Changes During Transport and Initial Treatment in Hospital

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01006837

Enrollment

Registered

2009-11-03

Start date

2009-10-31

Completion date

2014-08-31

Last updated

2017-02-14

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Conditions

Hypothermia

Keywords

trauma patients, severe injury, ISS ≥9

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to analyze changes in core body- and skin temperature during pre-hospital and early in-hospital treatment of multi-traumatized patients. The researchers want to investigate when trauma patients get cold and to what extent.

Detailed description

Hypothermia is a common finding in severely traumatized patients. Decreases in core temperature during the course of initial evaluation and resuscitation are common, and can contribute to poor outcomes in multi-traumatized patients. In this study the temperature will be recorded continually with multiple skin probes and an ear-probe from the site of the accident to arrival in the intensive care unit (including time in primary surgery, if any).

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

12 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* trauma patient with a ISS 9 or above.

Exclusion criteria

* \<12 years old

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Survival to discharge	one year

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Degree of hypothermia	one year

Countries

Norway

Outcome results