Amsterdam Wrist Rules (AWR).

Amsterdam Wrist Rules: A study to develop Clinical Decision Rules for the use of Radiography in Acute wrist injuries.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON21975

Enrollment

2000

Registered

2010-10-01

Start date

2010-11-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-02-28

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

Conditions

adult patients with acute injury of the wrist

Interventions

Amsterdam Wrist Rules.

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Every patient with acute injury of the wrist; 2. 18 years and older of age.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Neurological alterations in upper limbs; 2. Pain in elbow or in ipsilateral forearm; 3. Patients with x-rays from another hospital; 4. Multiple trauma; 5. Patients already treated in another hospital; 6. intense pain of deformity preventing patient physical examination.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. The number of applied X-rays in adult patients with acute injury of the wrist after implementation of the AWR; 2. The number of missed fractures of the distal radius fracture in adult patients after implementation of the AWR.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. The number of X-rays that show a fracture of the distal radius fracture; 2. Reducing the time that patients with acute wrist injury spent at the ED; 3. Economic analysis.	—

Contacts

Public ContactAbdelali Bentohami

Meibergdreef 9

a.bentohami@gmail.com+31 (0)20 5669111

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)