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The Emergency Department Falls Study

NCT03870867 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 1753

Last updated 2019-03-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This is a pilot study to evaluate clinical predictors of intracranial bleeding in elderly patients who present to the emergency department (ED) after a fall. The aim is to assess feasibility and rate of patient recruitment, patient follow up, and to establish a point estimate for the incidence of intracranial bleeding in the investigator's population.

Currently there are no guidelines for ED physicians to assess the pretest probability of intracranial bleed in these patients, and no safe way to exclude a bleed without CT.

Conditions

  • Fall
  • Head Injury Trauma
  • Intracranial Hemorrhages

Interventions

OTHER

No intervention

No intervention

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kerstin de Wit, MD · Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-12-14
Primary Completion
2017-12-31
Completion
2017-12-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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