Evaluating Validity of Clinical Criteria for Requesting Chest X-Rays in Trauma Patients

NCT ID: NCT01134744

Last Updated: 2010-06-22

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 385 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2006-10-31
• Study Completion Date: 2007-10-31

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.

Conditions

Chest Trauma

Study Design

• Study Time Perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

Chest trauma

chest x-ray applied for patients with chest trauma and the manifestations compared with clinical examination

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Every patient with blunt trauma to chest

Exclusion Criteria

• nothing

• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Isfahan University of Medical Sciences

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Isfahan University of Medical Sciences

Principal Investigators

hamidreza shemshaki, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

MD,research comittee

Locations

Al-zahra university hospital

Isfahan, , Iran

Emamkhomeini University Hospital

Tehran, , Iran

Countries

Iran

Other Identifiers

ASD-1213-3

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id