CT Change Management in Trauma Patients

Completed

Conditions studied: Trauma, Neurologic Deficits

In brief

In high-volume trauma centers, multi-slice CT scanners have become the routine imaging modality for screening trauma patients due to their speed and accuracy. In trauma patients with no known neurologic deficits, diagnostic CT is often obtained though it remains unclear whether this affects management of the patient \[1\]. With the growing cost of health care, a careful look at the benefit and cost of CT is needed to determine how to best utilize this modality in the evaluation of trauma patients. HYPOTHESIS: In trauma patients with absence of neurologic defects, the addition of comprehensive CT does not change overall clinical management.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05138536

Run by

Methodist Health System

People needed

510

Starts

2020-03-06

Expected to finish

2020-03-06

Last updated by the study team

2026-06-10

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age ≥ 18-years-old
• No localizing neurologic defect
• Any cause or mechanism of injury
• Comprehensive CT obtained

You may not qualify if…

• Any patients that are pregnant or breastfeeding

Where it is running

• Methodist Dallas Medical Center — Dallas, Texas, United States

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