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Falls From Sitting to Standing

NCT05409001 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 751

Last updated 2022-06-07

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Summary

Background: When evaluating trauma patients, many centers perform computed tomography of the head, cervical spine, chest, abdomen, and pelvis, the so-called "pan-scan." Here, we evaluate the utility of pan-scan in geriatric patients who sustained ground-level falls.

Study Design: We performed a retrospective review of consecutive patients from the trauma registry of a large, urban Level 1 trauma center. Inclusion criteria were registration during the 2019 calendar year, age ≥ 65, mechanism of fall from either sitting or standing, and performance of "pan-scan" at time of assessment. Patient demographics, physical exam findings, CT results, injuries, and patient disposition were recorded. The sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values of the physical exam for significant injuries were calculated.

Conditions

  • Falls, Tomography of the Head, Cervical Spine, Chest, Abdomen, and Pelvis

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

tomography pan scan

This is a retrospective chart review

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Northwell Health

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-10-06
Primary Completion
2022-05-09
Completion
2022-05-09

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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