Prehospital Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

NCT ID: NCT02659046

Last Updated: 2017-12-11

Study Results

Results pending

The study team has not published outcome measurements, participant flow, or safety data for this trial yet. Check back later for updates.

Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

266 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-12-31

Study Completion Date

2016-12-31

Brief Summary

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The aim of the study is to measure the effect of Finnish physician-staffed EMS unit treatment methods on traumatic brain injury (TBI) patient prognosis.

In the second part of the study the gathered data will be combined with the data from an earlier study (NCT01454648) for regression analysis. The aim of the second study is to identify prehospital factors influencing the prognosis of prehospital TBI patients.

Detailed Description

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A secondary aim is to identify out-of-hospital treatment factors that can be influenced by education and protocols.

Conditions

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Traumatic Brain Injury

Keywords

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Traumatic Brain Injury

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_CONTROL

Study Time Perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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FH30

Patients treated by Pirkanmaa physician-staffed emergency medical service (EMS) unit

No interventions assigned to this group

FH10

Patients treated by Helsinki and Uusimaa physician-staffed emergency medical service (EMS) unit

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* TBI with GCS ≤ 8 or unconsciousness verified by an on-call neurosurgeon during admission to the hospital

Exclusion Criteria

* Multiple trauma
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Tampere University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Arvi Yli-Hankala, Professor

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Tampere University Hospital

Locations

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Tampere University Hospital

Tampere, , Finland

Site Status

Countries

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Finland

References

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Pakkanen T, Kamarainen A, Huhtala H, Silfvast T, Nurmi J, Virkkunen I, Yli-Hankala A. Physician-staffed helicopter emergency medical service has a beneficial impact on the incidence of prehospital hypoxia and secured airways on patients with severe traumatic brain injury. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med. 2017 Sep 15;25(1):94. doi: 10.1186/s13049-017-0438-1.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 28915898 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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R15158

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id