Falls From Sitting to Standing

NCT ID: NCT05409001

Last Updated: 2022-06-07

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 751 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2020-10-06
• Study Completion Date: 2022-05-09

Brief Summary

Background: When evaluating trauma patients, many centers perform computed tomography of the head, cervical spine, chest, abdomen, and pelvis, the so-called "pan-scan." Here, we evaluate the utility of pan-scan in geriatric patients who sustained ground-level falls.

Study Design: We performed a retrospective review of consecutive patients from the trauma registry of a large, urban Level 1 trauma center. Inclusion criteria were registration during the 2019 calendar year, age ≥ 65, mechanism of fall from either sitting or standing, and performance of "pan-scan" at time of assessment. Patient demographics, physical exam findings, CT results, injuries, and patient disposition were recorded. The sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values of the physical exam for significant injuries were calculated.

Conditions

Falls, Tomography of the Head, Cervical Spine, Chest, Abdomen, and Pelvis

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: CASE_ONLY
• Study Time Perspective: RETROSPECTIVE

Interventions

tomography pan scan

This is a retrospective chart review

Intervention Type: DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• age >65
• presented with fall from sitting or standing from 01/01/2019-12/31/2019

Exclusion Criteria

• age <65 years,
• falls from height,
• GCS less than 14,
• patients who did not undergo the complete pan-scan.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 65 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Northwell Health

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Locations

SIUH Northwell Health

New York, New York, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

20-0850 SIUHN

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id