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NCT Number: NCT01134744

Evaluating Validity of Clinical Criteria for Requesting Chest X-Rays in Trauma Patients

The purpose of this study is to identify the clinical criteria for requesting a chest x-ray in a patient with blunt trauma and its findings such as clinical signs with a high sensitivity could be used in a larger study to codify the final criteria.

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Key information

Conditions

Chest Trauma Thoracic Injuries Wounds and Injuries

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Al-zahra university hospital, Isfahan, Iran

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About this study

At present, a Chest x-ray is obtained from all trauma patients having suspicion to chest trauma. The indications for such radiographs are not well defined. This results in a large number of unnecessary chest radiographs being obtained. Our goal was to identify the clinical criteria for requesting a chest x-ray in a patient with blunt trauma and its findings such as clinical signs with a high sensitivity could be used in a larger study to codify the final criteria.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Every patient with blunt trauma to chest

Exclusion criteria

  • nothing

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. chest pain

    Time frame: 5 min after admision time

    for Assessing the accuaracy of this outcome we evaluated this one with chest x-ray manifestation

Secondary outcomes

  1. tachypnea

    Time frame: 5 min after admision time

    for Assessing the accuaracy of this outcome we evaluated this one with chest x-ray manifestation

  2. abrasion

    Time frame: 5 min after admision time

    for Assessing the accuaracy of this outcome we evaluated this one with chest x-ray manifestation

  3. crepitation

    Time frame: 5 min after admision time

    for Assessing the accuaracy of this outcome we evaluated this one with chest x-ray manifestation

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Isfahan University of Medical Sciences

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Registry information

Official study title

Study of Accuracy of Clinical Examination for Chest Trauma

Important dates

Study start
2006
Primary completion
2007
Study completion
2007
First posted
Jun 2, 2010
Registry last updated
Jun 22, 2010

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