Clinical Assessment of Burns in Norway

Haukeland University Hospital

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Burns

Treatments: Procedure: Clinical assessment

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04530279

2014/1627, Rek-Vest

Details and patient eligibility

About

Clinical assessment of burn depth and area can be challenging even for experienced surgeons. Still, the assessment is fundamental for the treatment, as it determines the fluid treatment and indication for escharotomy and need for referral to a burn centre.There are few studies comparing the initial evaluation of burn depth and surface with that of a specialist burn centre. The aim of this study was to make such a comparison for a cohort of patients admitted to a specialist burn centre during one year.The cohort was defined as patients transferred to the burn unit at Haukeland university hospital during 2014.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients transferred to the burn unit at Haukeland university hospital during 2014

Exclusion criteria

• Readmissions
• Patients transported to Haukeland directly from the site of the accident

Trial design

100 participants in 2 patient groups

Referring hospital

Description:

Burn assessments performed in referring hospitals

Treatment:

Procedure: Clinical assessment

Burn centre

Description:

Burn assessments performed in the national burn centre

Treatment:

Procedure: Clinical assessment