Emergency Management of Minor Blunt Thoracic Trauma

To Review the Management and Follow-up of Patients With Minor Thoracic Injuries Treated by Emergency Physicians.

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02494232

Enrollment

186

Registered

2015-07-10

Start date

2013-07-31

Completion date

2014-04-30

Last updated

2015-07-10

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Conditions

Thoracic Injuries,

Keywords

minor blunt thoracic trauma, physical examination

Brief summary

Thoracic traumas are frequent causes of emergency department admissions and the third most common cause of death from trauma. Although emergency management of major thoracic traumas that have high mortality and morbidity were discussed and well-understood in detail in the literature, there are limited information regarding diagnosis, emergency management, treatment and follow-up after discharge of patients with minor blunt thoracic traumas. The investigators aimed to investigate demographic data, physical examination findings, and the relationship between lung injury, emergency department final diagnosis, hospitalization, discharge and re-admission rates, effects of prescribed analgesics on pain and re-admissions of patients with a pre-diagnosis of minor blunt thoracic trauma on first admission.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) of 15 * stable vital signs * admitted within the first 6 hours after injury

Exclusion criteria

* urgent and urgent triage category

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The incidence of lung injuries caused by minor thoracic traumas will be assessed by using questionnaire.	1 year

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcome results