An observational study in Trauma, Trauma Blunt and Penetrating Wounds, sponsored by Hospital Departamental de Villavicencio. Completed at 1 site in Colombia. Open to participants aged 16 Years to 120 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-12-12.
Sponsored by Hospital Departamental de Villavicencio · Observational
Introduction: Injuries are a leading cause of mortality worldwide. It is necessary to know the incidence of injuries, mechanisms of wounds, therapy provided, and outcomes. Trauma registries are useful to describe the population served in specialized centers. Nevertheless, it is necessary also to identify the peculiarities of the event in the province and institutions non-dedicated to trauma attention.
Objective: The study aims to describe the initial experience with a trauma register in a general hospital in the Colombian Orinoquia.
Methodology: The investigators designed an observational retrospective study to analyze the admission database and revision of history charts of patients older than 15 years admitted for trauma from January to June 2023 in a hospital from Villavicencio, Colombia. The information will be exported to Excel for debugging and analysis. A description of the frequency and proportion of categorical variables will be performed; the central distribution and dispersion of quantitative variables will be reported. U of Mann-Whitney and Chi-square tests will be used to compare the variables by outcome; a p\<0.05 was selected as a significant value.
Conclusions: It will be a pioneer study in this region, and it is necessary to evaluate the incidence of patients admitted by trauma, the mechanisms and type of injury, the care provided, and the outcomes.
Trauma is a leading cause of global mortality or incapacitation in survivors. The population involved is mainly young adult men affected by preventable injuries. Knowing the incidence of injuries, mechanisms of wounds, approaching strategies, and outcomes is essential to review individual interventions and collective policies to improve prevention.
Casualties in Colombia had a high incidence in previous decades; injuries and attributable deaths have recently decreased, but they are still the third cause of mortality. Contrary to high-income countries, interpersonal violence is the predominant mechanism involved.
Data registries are used worldwide in specialized centers that focus on providing healthcare in trauma. Nevertheless, it is necessary also to know the incidence in community and non-dedicated general hospitals.
Determining the characteristics of patients admitted to the emergency ward by injuries will provide essential information on the severity, mechanisms, type of population affected, immediate or consequential care delivered, and outcomes. Such an analysis will give knowledge to prioritize policies, resources, upgrade clinical practice guidelines, and improve results.
139 studies on the registry are indexed under Multiple Trauma; 32 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 250 is above the median of 200 across 84 observational studies indexed under Multiple Trauma.
Browse Multiple Trauma studies →Hospital Departamental de Villavicencio is the lead sponsor of 16 studies on the registry; 8 are open to participants now.
Compared within Multiple Trauma, this study's primary condition as ClinicalTrials.gg classifies it; the registry's first condition term is Wounds and Injuries. The counts are of registry records indexed under each term, refreshed daily. How we classify →
The trial participants are those admitted requesting emergency attention by trauma during the study period, according to the registers of admission in the institution.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Patients with non-penetrating injuries from falls, car accidents, or other mechanisms. Injuries that were caused by impact with a blunt object where there is no penetration of the skin.
Other: Risk factor
Penetrating wounds by guns, knives, and other penetrating injuries. Wounds that were caused by objects penetrating the skin.
Other: Risk factor
No therapeutic or diagnostic intervention will be provided; it is an observational study.
Number of patients dead
Mortality on discharge or the first 28 days of hospitalization
Time frame: 28 days or discharge
Number of days in hospitalization
Hospital length of stay
Time frame: 28 days or discharge
Number of patients needing ICU
Need of ICU
Time frame: 28 days or discharge
Number of days in ICU
ICU length of stay
Time frame: 28 days or discharge
Number of patients needing mechanical ventilation
Need of mechanical ventilation
Time frame: 28 days or discharge
Number of days in mechanical ventilation
Length of mechanical ventilation
Time frame: 28 days or discharge
Plan to share: No — Database will not be shared to provide confidentiality to the identity of patients.
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