Closing Soon
Observation study of Head Injury patients, sponsored by Prof Franz Babl
Get in touch This trial recruits from April 2011 for 187 weeks
A/Prof Franz Babl
Phone: +61399366635
Email: Franz.Babl@rch.org.au
Address:
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute and The Royal Childrens Hospital, Melbourne
Flemington Road
Parkville
VIC 3052
Inclusion Criteria
Gender: Both males and females
Patients between birth and less than 18 years of age with head injuries of all severities. The definition of head injury does not include patients who have sustained a trivial facial injury defined as a ground level fall or walking or running into an object with no signs or symptoms of injury other than facial abrasions or lacerations below the eyebrows.
Exclusion Criteria
- Refusal to participate to the study
- Direct referral from the emergency department triage to a general practitioner or other external provider (i.e. not seen in the emergency department)
- Departure from the emergency department before being seen
- Neuroimaging prior to presentation for the same injury
Individual exclusion criteria (relevant to each Clinical Decision Rule) will be applied when comparing data with each Clinical Decision Rule.
ACTRNACTRN12614000463673
A prospective observational study of children presenting to the Emergency Department with head injury, comparing three high quality international decision rules regarding CT scan and assess their accuracy in identifying clinically important traumatic brain Injuries
A prospective observational study to assess the diagnostic accuracy of clinical decision rules for children presenting to emergency departments after head injuries: The Australasian Paediatric Head Injury Rules Study (APHIRST)