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Spinal Clearance Study: Expediting the Spinal Clearance Process in the Major Trauma Patient

NCT00163826 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 299

Last updated 2016-01-08

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The Alfred Hospital receives approximately 40% of the major trauma patients in Victoria, all of whom are at risk for spinal injuries. The potential for spinal injuries necessitates the undertaking of appropriate spinal investigations, and a delay in the completion of these investigations exposes the patient to the risk of a missed diagnosis of spinal instability and of complications of immobility; the potential spinal patient is required to wear a neck collar and be nursed lying flat whilst awaiting the completion and the appropriate documentation of spinal X-ray investigations.

The purpose of this study is to identify the issues causing a delay in the process of the completion of the appropriate spinal investigations and the documentation of the results.

The outcome of the proposed research will be the development of a clinical management protocol to expedite the process, with the aim of optimising patient care and reducing complications.

Conditions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Victorian Trauma Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • Bayside Health

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Helen M Ackland, MHSc · Bayside Health

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-03-31
Primary Completion
2006-08-31
Completion
2006-08-31

Countries

  • Australia

Study Locations

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