Meta-Analysis Accidental Hypothermia in Trauma

NCT ID: NCT04332237

Last Updated: 2020-04-02

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

776684 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-08-12

Study Completion Date

2020-01-21

Brief Summary

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This is a systematic literature review and meta-analysis investigating the effect of accidental hypothermia on mortality in trauma patients overall and patients with TBI specifically.

Literature search will be performed using the Ovid Medline/PubMed database. Studies comparing the effect of hypothermia vs. normothermia at hospital admission on in-hospital mortality will be included in meta-analysis.

Detailed Description

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Accidental hypothermia is a known predictor for worse outcomes in trauma patients, but has not been comprehensively assessed in meta-analysis so far. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to investigate the impact of accidental hypothermia on mortality in trauma patients overall and patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) specifically.

Literature search will be conducted using the Ovid Medline/PubMed database. The search strategy will be based on the PICOS strategy.

Scientific articles reporting (1) accidental hypothermia in trauma patients overall or patients with TBI specifically, (2) body temperature and time of measurement, and (3) the impact of accidental hypothermia on outcomes will be included in the qualitative review.

Two meta-analyses will be performed including (1) trauma patients overall and (2) patients with TBI specifically. Studies reporting in-hospital mortality of hypothermic and normothermic trauma patients overall or patients with TBI specifically, based on the temperature measured at Emergency Department admission, will be included in meta-analysis. Meta-analysis will be performed using a Mantel-Haenszel random-effects model. The estimated effect size for mortality will be reported as odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) for each study as well as for the overall cohort.

Conditions

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Hypothermia Trauma Brain Injuries, Traumatic Morality

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

OTHER

Study Time Perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Hypothermia group

Hypothermic trauma patients or hypothermic patients with traumatic brain injury specifically.

No interventions assigned to this group

Normothermia group

Normothermic trauma patients or normothermic patients with traumatic brain injury specifically.

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Original scientific articles
* English language
* Study in trauma patients
* Reported body temperature and time of temperature measurement
* Reported impact of accidental hypothermia on outcomes

Exclusion Criteria

* Case reports
* Systematic reviews
* Articles on therapeutic hypothermia
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Tobias Haltmeier, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Inselspital, Bern University Hospital

Locations

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Inselspital, Bern University Hospial

Bern, , Switzerland

Site Status

Countries

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Switzerland

Other Identifiers

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SRMA hypothermia trauma

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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