Evaluating the Use of Thromboelastography to Diagnose Coagulopathy After Traumatic Brain Injury

University of California San Diego

Status: Completed

Conditions: Traumatic Brain Injury; Coagulation Disorder

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01589172

120296

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators will obtain thromboelastography (TEG) on pediatric patients admitted to the Rady Children's Hospital ICU after traumatic brain injury on admission to our ICU and after 24 hours of care. The investigators hypothesize that TEG will identify abnormalities of coagulation that are not identified by traditional coagulation studies, i.e. prothrombin time (PT), activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT), and international normalized ratio (INR).

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 15 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• less than 15 years of age
• evidence of intracranial bleed on CT scan or GCS <12

Exclusion criteria

• No intracranial hemorrhage or
• GCS 13 - 15

Trial design

40 participants in 1 patient group

Pediatric Brain Trauma Patients