Penetrating Gunshot Injuries at a Single Johannesburg Centre

University of Witwatersrand

Status: Completed

Conditions: Trauma

Treatments: Other: Standard clinical management

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05016986

M180550

Details and patient eligibility

About

A retrospective audit of cardiac penetrating cardiac injuries with specific reference to GSW

Full description

A descriptive retrospective study looking at the outcomes in patients with penetrating cardiac injuries especially following gunshot injuries. The physiology on presentation, the ISS, the RTS, the clinical injuries confirmed, the type of investigations conducted, the length of hospital stay, the in-hospital mortality will all be collected. Descriptive study statistics will be utilized and a p-value of <0,05 will be considered statistically significant.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• all adult Priority 1 patients with GSW cardiac injuries seen at a Johannesburg Trauma facility

Exclusion criteria

• Incomplete data or dead on arrival