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Relevance of Whole-body Computed Tomography Prescription in the Emergency Department : an Identification Tool for Low Risk Patients

NCT05588791 · Status: RECRUITING · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 2018

Last updated 2024-10-08

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Summary

The whole-body scanner (SCE) is a powerful examination that guides the management of patients severely traumatized. However, the systematic use of this examination in emergency departments is responsible for a large proportion of normal examinations. In addition to the non-negligible direct cost, the average irradiation of 20 mSv would give an adult a 1 in 1000 risk of developing a cancer. The Vittel score makes it possible to categorize pre-hospital patients as seriously traumatized to guide the sending of resources and direct them to a center equipped with a suitable technical platform.

The use of this score to condition the prescription of the ECS is at the origin of an over-triage important since one out of two patients who validates at least one criterion has no lesion on imaging. The purpose of this research project is to validate a decision support tool to objectively guide the emergency physician in its use of the ECS. At the same time, the economic impact of such a procedure will be analysed.

Conditions

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

whole-body computed tomography

whole-body computed tomography prescription in the emergency department : an identification tool for low risk patients

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital, Rouen

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-06-23
Primary Completion
2026-06-01
Completion
2026-12-01

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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