Risk Factors of Minor Head Injury

• Sponsor: Medical University of Vienna (Other)
• Overall Status: Completed
• CT.gov ID: NCT00451789
• Collaborator: (none)
• Enrollment: 12,500
• Location: 1
• Duration (Months): 16
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 782.9

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Introduction and Aims:

The objective of this prospective study is to evaluate the risk factors of minor head injury in all consecutive patients of one year.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Minor Head Injury; Intracranial Bleeding; Traumatic Brain Injury

Detailed Description

Minor head injury (MHI)is one of the most common diagnoses in emergency rooms and traumatological outpatient departments. The aim of this study is to find clear evidence which risk factors are the most important in MHI patients to develop intracranial bleeding. We hypothetize that anticoagulation is one of the main risk factors for intracranial bleeding.

Study Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Observational Model: Defined Population
• Time Perspective: Prospective
• Official Title: Risk Factors of Minor Head Injury in Traumatological Patients
• Study Start Date: Dec 1, 2004
• Actual Study Completion Date: Apr 1, 2006

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: N/A and Older
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Inclusion Criteria:

• Minor head injury, dizziness, nausea, vomiting

Exclusion Criteria:

• no injury to the head

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Department for Traumatology/Medical University of Vienna	Vienna		Austria	A-1090

Sponsors and Collaborators

• Medical University of Vienna

Investigators

• Principal Investigator: Wolfgang Machold, MD, Medical University of Vienna

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

• Karni A, Holtzman R, Bass T, Zorman G, Carter L, Rodriguez L, Bennett-Shipman VJ, Lottenberg L. Traumatic head injury in the anticoagulated elderly patient: a lethal combination. Am Surg. 2001 Nov;67(11):1098-100.
• Wojcik R, Cipolle MD, Seislove E, Wasser TE, Pasquale MD. Preinjury warfarin does not impact outcome in trauma patients. J Trauma. 2001 Dec;51(6):1147-51; discussion 1151-2.

• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00451789
• Other Study ID Numbers: HW1
• First Posted: Mar 26, 2007
• Last Update Posted: Mar 26, 2007
• Last Verified: Mar 1, 2007

• Keywords provided by , ,: Minor head injury; iintracranial bleeding; traumatic brain injury; Cranial computed tomography; anticoagulatory drugs
• Additional relevant MeSH terms: Brain Injuries; Brain Injuries, Traumatic; Craniocerebral Trauma; Intracranial Hemorrhages; Hemorrhage; Wounds and Injuries

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Mar 26, 2007