Lactate Monitoring in Traumatic Long Bone Fractures Requiring Emergent Surgical Intervention

Completed

Conditions studied: Lactate Blood Increase, Trauma Blunt, Trauma, Secondary, Injury Traumatic

In brief

Serum lactate has been utilized as a standard in guiding management of orthopedic injuries. Elevated preoperative lactate has been associated with a higher likelihood of postoperative complications. However, lactate's role in guiding operative timing in non-critical long-bone fractures has not been previously explored. This study investigates lactate's role in guiding surgical timing and predicting complications secondary to delayed definitive correction in non-critical long-bone fractures with Injury Severity Score \<16.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05611398

Run by

Arrowhead Regional Medical Center

People needed

164

Starts

2021-01-01

Expected to finish

2022-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2022-11-10

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• All patients aged 18 years or higher with long bone fractures with Injury Severity Score <16

You may not qualify if…

• Non-long bone fracture surgeries performed within the first 72 hours
• Patients who underwent external fixation prior to surgery
• Patients with inconsistent or incomplete chart data Patients with polytrauma and life-threatening injuries.

Where it is running

• Arrowhead Regional Medical Center — Colton, California, United States

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