Use of Hextend in Trauma

University of Miami

Status: Completed

Conditions: Trauma

Treatments: Drug: Hextend

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00983281

20080598

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a chart review of all trauma patients during the specified time period. The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of resuscitation with hextend after trauma, in the adult population. The authors hypothesize that when compared to patients resuscitated with standard of care, resuscitation with Hextend will result in a mortality difference.

Enrollment: 1,714 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Admission to the trauma center

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnant women, children, psychiatric patients and prisoners.

Trial design

1,714 participants in 2 patient groups

Hextend

Description:

Patients that received Hextend as part of their fluid resuscitation.

Treatment:

Drug: Hextend

Standard of Care

Description:

Patients that received standard fluid resuscitation but no Hextend.

Treatment:

Drug: Hextend