Blunt Thoracic Trauma: Definition of a Standard Operating Procedure

Corporacion Parc Tauli

Status: Completed

Conditions: Respiratory Failure; Thoracic Injury; Rib Fractures; Polytrauma

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: CT scan

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05617404

CGHUPTRGR01

Details and patient eligibility

About

Rib fractures are the most frequent injury after blunt thoracic trauma. It is very important to choose the most appropriate interventions to prevent complications. But who will benefit most of those interventions remains a challenge.

This study analyses the correlation between chest X-Ray and CT scan. We also analyse different scores to predict respiratory failure.

Enrollment: 553 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Polytrauma patients admitted to de ICU with a thoracic CT scan in the first 24h of arrival

Exclusion criteria

• Penetrating trauma
• Patients referred from other hospitals