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Pediatric Supracondylar Humerus Fracture NIRS Study

NCT01808183 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 90

Last updated 2022-04-27

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to use a device to compare the blood flow in the patient's injured arm to the patient's uninjured arm. This will help us determine 'normal' readings for this device for a child's forearm and may in the future help us detect children that have injured the blood vessels that go to the forearm when they have an elbow fracture. The patient will be one of approximately 100 people involved in this research project at Carolinas Medical Center, and the patient's participation will last until the patient is discharged from the hospital. It is hypothesized that if the blood vessel is uninjured, the readings on the NIRS device on the injured arm will be equal to the uninjured arm. It is also hypothesized that if the blood vessel of the injured arm is injured, the readings on the NIRS device will be different than on the uninjured arm.

Conditions

  • Supracondylar Humerus Fracture

Interventions

DEVICE

Near Infrared Spectroscopy Pads

NIRS pads are commonly used as a noninvasive method of assessing deep tissue perfusion, originally designed to assess cerebral perfusion during anesthesia.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Wake Forest University Health Sciences

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Brian Scannell, MD · Carolinas Medical Center

Eligibility

Min Age
2 Years
Max Age
17 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-02-29
Primary Completion
2016-12-31
Completion
2017-02-28

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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