Trauma Registration at St. Olavs Hospital 2000-2003 - Full Text View

Sponsors and Collaborators:	Norwegian University of Science and Technology St. Olavs Hospital
Information provided by:	Norwegian University of Science and Technology
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00184470

Purpose

St. Olavs Hospital is a trauma referral center in the region of Midtnorge. Admitting trauma patients locally and those referred from hospitals in Nord-Trøndelag, Sør-Trøndelag and Møre-Romsdal.An active trauma team was defined in 1992, but it`s work has not been evaluated earlier. Prospective studies of these patients were established 1st of January 2004 at St. Olavs Hospital.

Condition	Phase
Injuries, Multiple Norway/Epidemiology Trauma Centers/Statistics & Numerical Data Trauma, Multiple Trauma Severity Indices	Phase III

MedlinePlus related topics: Injuries Wounds

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Study Type:	Observational
Study Design:	Retrospective
Official Title:	Mapping of Traumatized Patients Referred to St. Olavs Hospital in the Period 2000-2003-Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Further study details as provided by Norwegian University of Science and Technology:

Estimated Enrollment:	1000
Study Start Date:	December 2004
Estimated Study Completion Date:	January 2007
Primary Completion Date:	June 2006 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Detailed Description:

This mapping is a observational retrospective study of trauma patients admitted to St.Olavs Hospital from 2000 until 2003. Patient journals (electronic and paper), autopsy reports and the emergency medical respons systems (AMK) database have been reviwed. We are reviewing the local traumaepidemiology, traumateam performance, mechanisms of injury and the potenially avoidable deaths in trauma.

Eligibility

Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Trauma team activation
Motor vehicle crash with ejection
Pedal cyclist, motorcyclist or pedestrian hit by vehicle >30 km/h
Fall > 5 meters
Fatality in same vehicle
Interhospital trauma transfer within 24 hrs
Injury to two or more body regions
Fracture to two or more long bones
Spinal cord injury
Amputation of a limb
Penetrating injury to head, neck, torso or proximal limb

Exclusion Criteria:

Burns
Strangulations

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00184470

Sponsors and Collaborators

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

St. Olavs Hospital

Investigators

Study Director:

Eirik Skogvoll, MD, PhD

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

More Information

Study ID Numbers:	NTNU-Traume-1
Study First Received:	September 15, 2005
Last Updated:	April 18, 2008
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00184470
Health Authority:	Norway: Norwegian Social Science Data Services

Keywords provided by Norwegian University of Science and Technology:

Adult
Child
Hospitalization/statistics & numerical data
Retrospective studies

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Multiple Trauma
Wounds and Injuries
Disorders of Environmental Origin

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 14, 2009