View clinical trials related to Trauma Injury.
Filter by:The purpose of this study is to determine if additional interventions will assist with decreasing the risk and/or severity of thromboembolism (clotting complications) in patients who have experienced a major traumatic event.
This is a pilot prospective, observational study of patients with open or infected fracture evaluating the feasibility and acceptability of OCT, a light-based imaging modality that requires no drug or contrast agent.
In 2019, nearly half of all hospital contacts in Belgium took place through the emergency department, and more than a third of patients arrived after an accident or trauma. In instances of overcrowding, patients with minor orthopedic injuries face prolonged waiting times. Previous studies have shown that implementing triage protocols for medical imaging conducted by a triage nurse can reduce the Total Length of Stay (TLOS) for this patient group. This is a single-center, unblinded, randomized, controlled trial that aims to evaluate the impact of a nurse triage protocol on turnaround time (primary outcome), quality of care, and patient satisfaction. The study population consists of adults who present with minor orthopedic injuries below the elbow or knee and have an Emergency Severity Index (ESI) of 4 or 5. Participants are randomly assigned to either the 'nurse triage protocol' group (n=110) or the 'usual care' group (n=110).
In Canada, injury leads to more potential years of life lost and to greater costs than heart and stroke diseases combined. Furthermore, more than 50% of patients hospitalised following injury do not receive optimal care, 20% of injury deaths are estimated to be preventable, and significant variations in injury mortality and morbidity have been observed across trauma centers in Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States. Over the past decades, emphasis on adherence to evidence-based processes of care (rewards for doing more) and rapid innovation in imaging and therapeutic techniques has led to an exponential rise in unnecessary tests and procedures. Whole body computed tomography scan for single-system trauma is just one example. Low-value clinical practices, defined as "the common use of a particular intervention when the benefits don't justify the potential harm or cost" consume up to 30% of healthcare budgets. They expose patients to physical and psychological adverse events and put enormous pressure on healthcare budgets, thereby threatening accessible, universal health care. The objective of this research project is to evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention targeting reductions in low-value clinical practices for injury admissions. The results of this study should directly lead to improvements in the health systems across Canada and elsewhere. Medium and long-term advantages include an increase in healthcare efficiency and effectiveness, a reduction in costs, an increase in the availability of resources for patients who need them and a reduction in adverse events for patients hospitalized following injury.
This study is set up within the framework of the European Union regulation 2017/745 on medical devices. Its objective is to confirm the performance and safety of the Global D implants (ORTRAUTEK® and MINITEK/MICROTEK®) used for trauma surgery.
The goal of the proposed study is to define the optimal rehabilitation for trauma patients with Displaced Intra-articular Calcaneal Fractures, either Permissive Weight Bearing (PWB) or Restricted Weight Bearing (RWB) regarding functional outcomes, health related quality of life, radiographical differences, cost-effectiveness and complications.
This is a non-randomized prospective study of 20 patients with high energy lower extremity fractures evaluating feasibility and acceptability of SFDI, a real-time optical imaging technology.
This study aims to evaluate among trauma patients with hemorrhagic shock the clinical impact of hemostatic resuscitation between whole blood vs. blood components therapy in the following outcomes in a hierarchical analysis: mortality at 28 days and evolution of organ dysfunction.
Trauma patient care requires collaboration and interaction with close relationship between many stakeholders from different professions (senior doctor, intern, nurse, nurse helpers, surgeons, etc). This is a stressful situation where decision and action need to be quick, decisive and coordinate. In this situation, quality of care and patient safety depends on a good interprofessional communication. The acquisition of advanced communication skills, team management and leadership, stress management are essentials elements in the practice of Intensive and trauma care. However, advanced structured training or assessment of theses skills is lacking in medical education or Healthcare professionals training. The study therefore, aimed to develop a global and attractive training to help healthcare professionals to improve their skills. Captain SonarTM is a naval battle game where two teams each composed of four participants clash. Each player has a well-defined role and it is imperative to communicate in a closed loop to advance in the game. This game also includes components similar to support for shock management: stress, speed of action, central communication and teamwork of four protagonists (Team Leader-Captain, intern-Second, nurse-Mechanic, Nurse help-Detector). It may improve team building, team leadership, interprofessional work, communication, stress management. The study hypothesis is that this board game would have an impact on the performance of professionals when facing a multiple trauma simulated patient. (differences in terms of technical and non-technical performance. Different use of closed loop communication, Different stress management, different efficiency and interprofessional collaboration with potentially a reduction in the timing of treatment being delivered in trauma room)
The goal of this observational study is to better understand what happens to circulating blood after a patient experiences severe trauma injury. The main questions it aims to answer are: Is severe human trauma associated with specific patterns of development in the hematopoietic stem cells of these patients? and Does the initial severe trauma injury create immunosuppression and increase risk of in-hospital sepsis? Participants in study will give blood samples and a waste sample of bone marrow at time of operative repair of traumatic orthopedic injuries, supply medical information and participate in surveys and assessments during recovery from their injury(ies). Researchers will compare severe trauma injury patients to elective hip repair patients to see if immunosuppression and specific development patterns occur in the trauma patient versus the otherwise healthy hip surgery patient.