Evaluating the Use of Thromboelastography to Diagnose Coagulopathy After Traumatic Brain Injury

Completed

Conditions studied: Traumatic Brain Injury, Coagulation Disorder

In brief

The investigators will obtain thromboelastography (TEG) on pediatric patients admitted to the Rady Children's Hospital ICU after traumatic brain injury on admission to our ICU and after 24 hours of care. The investigators hypothesize that TEG will identify abnormalities of coagulation that are not identified by traditional coagulation studies, i.e. prothrombin time (PT), activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT), and international normalized ratio (INR).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01589172

Run by

University of California, San Diego

People needed

40

Starts

2012-05-01

Expected to finish

2012-11-30

Last updated by the study team

2020-02-28

Who can join

Age: any, up to 15. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• less than 15 years of age
• evidence of intracranial bleed on CT scan or GCS <12

You may not qualify if…

• No intracranial hemorrhage or
• GCS 13 - 15

Where it is running

• Rady Children's Hospital — San Diego, California, United States

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