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NCT ID: NCT04702308 Completed - Pulmonary Embolism Clinical Trials

Non-Interruptive Alerts for Improving Use of Clinical Decision Rules

Start date: February 18, 2021
Phase: N/A
Study type: Interventional

This study is an extension of a planned quality improvement project that aims to promote standard of care by increasing the use of evidence-based clinical decision rules amongst emergency medicine providers in the University of Utah Emergency Department. Patient-specific information from the EHR will be used to recommend the use of relevant clinical decision rules to emergency medicine providers at the point-of-care. These recommendations will be in the form of non-interruptive alerts with one-click access to the suggested decision rules through the MDCalc Connect EHR add-on application. Specific aims of the study are to determine if 1) patient-specific non-interruptive alerts increase the use of clinical decision rules amongst emergency medicine providers and 2) an increase in the use of clinical decision rules affects provider ordering habits.

NCT ID: NCT04143347 Completed - Minor Head Injury Clinical Trials

Outcome of Patients With Mild Head Injury and Presence of an Acute Traumatic Abnormality on CT Scan of Head

Start date: March 1, 2012
Phase:
Study type: Observational

Background: Patients with mild blunt traumatic brain injury (TBI) are frequently transferred to Level 1 trauma centers (L1TC) if they have any positive finding of any acute intracranial injury identified on a CT scan of the head. The hypothesis for the study is that patients with such injuries and minor changes on the Head CT scan can be safely managed at community hospitals (CH). Methods: Patients with blunt, mild TBI (defined as a GCS 13-15 at presentation) presenting to CH, L1TC, and transferred from CH to L1TC between March, 2012 and February, 2014 were included. Minor changes on head CT were defined as: 1) epidural hematoma<2mm; 2) subarachnoid hemorrhage<2mm; 3) subdural hematoma<4mm; 4) intraparenchymal hemorrhage<5mm; 5) minor pneumocephalus; or 6) linear or minimally depressed skull fracture. TBI-specific interventions were defined as intracranial pressure monitor placement, administration of hyperosmolar therapy, or neurosurgical operation. Three groups of patients were compared: 1) those receiving treatment at CH, 2) those transferred from CH to L1TC, and 3) those presenting directly to L1TC. The primary endpoint was the need for TBI-specific intervention and secondary outcome was death of any patient.

NCT ID: NCT02116673 Completed - Minor Head Injury Clinical Trials

Influence of Cognitive Rest on Minor Traumatic Brain Injury

Start date: July 2014
Phase: N/A
Study type: Interventional

Background: Head injury is a common presentation to family medicine clinics and emergency departments (EDs), and the majority will not result in intracranial injury requiring neurosurgical consultation, but will have symptoms of mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI). It is estimated between 15-50% of patients with MTBI develop post-concussive syndrome (PCS). Research in the management of MTBI and prevention of PCS has been scarce to date. Although expert consensus recommends cognitive rest and graduated return to usual activities, these and other interventions are not based on prospective clinical evidence. Objective: The purpose of this study is to determine if providing graduated return to usual activities discharge instructions to MTBI patients in the ED decreases MTBI symptoms post-injury as compared to providing usual ED MTBI discharge instructions. Study Design: This will be a pragmatic, single-centered, 2-arm parallel-group, superiority randomized trial. Patient Population: Male and female patients presenting to the ED ages greater than 17 and less than 65 with the Canadian Emergency Department Information System (CEDIS) presenting complaint of "head injury". Outcomes: The primary outcome of this study is to determine if patients whom receive graduated return to usual activity discharge instructions have more clinically significant decreases in their Post-Concussion Symptom Score (PCSS) 2 weeks after MTBI versus patients who received usual care MTBI discharge instructions. Secondary outcomes include the intervention group's compliance with the intervention, comparison of PCSS between groups 4 weeks after initial ED visit, comparison of groups' number of return visit(s) to either an ED or physician's office, and the mean number of days of school or work missed for each group. Hypothesis: Given cognitive rest and graduated return to usual activities are concepts recommended by expert consensus, it is expected patients who follow the graduated return to usual activities and cognitive rest guidelines will have less MTBI symptoms at two weeks after ED discharge.

NCT ID: NCT01619943 Completed - Minor Head Injury Clinical Trials

The Value of the Canadian CT Head Rule and the New Orleans Criteria in Minor Head Trauma

Start date: January 2011
Phase: N/A
Study type: Observational

The New Orleans Criteria (NOC) and the Canadian CT Head Rules (CCHR) have been developed to decrease the number of normal computed tomography (CT) in mild head injury (MHI). The aim is to compare the clinical performance of these 2 decision rules for indentifying patients with intracranial traumatic lesions and those who required an emergent neurosurgical intervention following MHI.

NCT ID: NCT01514071 Completed - Minor Head Injury Clinical Trials

Animated Picture to Improve Provider Adherence to CT Scan for Head Injury Rule

Start date: February 2012
Phase: N/A
Study type: Interventional

It is difficult for Pediatric Emergency Department providers to recognize clinically significant head injuries that are likely to require neurosurgical intervention or close monitoring from those that can be safely discharged. Research Question How do a combination of education and an animated picture depicting the PECARN CT Head Injury rules impact compliance to these rules and reduce unnecessary head CT scans? Design This is a within subject, repeated measures study design.

NCT ID: NCT00452036 Completed - Clinical trials for Traumatic Brain Injury

Diagnostic Algorithm in Patients With Minor Head Injury

Start date: December 2004
Phase: N/A
Study type: Observational

The objective of this prospective study is to evaluate the reliability of plain x-rays vs.cranial computed tomography as a screening method for skull fractures and its prognostic value for intracranial bleeding (ICB).

NCT ID: NCT00451789 Completed - Clinical trials for Traumatic Brain Injury

Risk Factors of Minor Head Injury

Start date: December 2004
Phase: N/A
Study type: Observational

Introduction and Aims: The objective of this prospective study is to evaluate the risk factors of minor head injury in all consecutive patients of one year.