Chest Trauma
Conditions
Keywords
CXray
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to identify the clinical criteria for requesting a chest x-ray in a patient with blunt trauma and its findings such as clinical signs with a high sensitivity could be used in a larger study to codify the final criteria.
Detailed description
At present, a Chest x-ray is obtained from all trauma patients having suspicion to chest trauma. The indications for such radiographs are not well defined. This results in a large number of unnecessary chest radiographs being obtained. Our goal was to identify the clinical criteria for requesting a chest x-ray in a patient with blunt trauma and its findings such as clinical signs with a high sensitivity could be used in a larger study to codify the final criteria.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Isfahan University of Medical Sciences
Study design
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Every patient with blunt trauma to chest
Exclusion criteria
* nothing
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| chest pain | 5 min after admision time | for Assessing the accuaracy of this outcome we evaluated this one with chest x-ray manifestation |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| tachypnea | 5 min after admision time | for Assessing the accuaracy of this outcome we evaluated this one with chest x-ray manifestation |
| abrasion | 5 min after admision time | for Assessing the accuaracy of this outcome we evaluated this one with chest x-ray manifestation |
| crepitation | 5 min after admision time | for Assessing the accuaracy of this outcome we evaluated this one with chest x-ray manifestation |
Countries
Iran
Outcome results
None listed