Early Aggressive Pain Management is Associated With Improved Outcomes in Blunt Thoracic Trauma

Stopped early

Conditions studied: Thoracic Injury, Rib Fracture, Sternal Fracture

In brief

This study is designed to analyze the use of early aggressive pain management with thoracic epidural in eligible patients with blunt thoracic trauma.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01327287

Run by

University of California, San Francisco

People needed

43

Starts

2010-02-01

Expected to finish

2013-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-04-17

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 70. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• > 18 years of age
• Patients admitted to SFGH trauma service with blunt thoracic trauma (i.e. rib fractures, sternal fractures) requiring IV opioids for pain relief.

You may not qualify if…

• Acute spine fractures or pre-existing spine deformity
• Traumatic brain injury or spinal cord injury or altered mental status
• Unstable pelvic fracture or open abdomen
• Hemodynamic instability or major aortic injury (dissection, pseudoaneurysm)
• Coagulopathy
• Mechanical intubation

Where it is running

• University of California, San Francisco at San Francisco General Hospital — San Francisco, California, United States

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