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Selective CT for Anticoagulated Head Injured Patients
Sponsor: Dr. Kerstin de Wit
Summary
The goal is to derive and a clinical decision rule for safe exclusion of traumatic brain injury without neuroimaging in head-injured ED patients who take anticoagulant medications. The objectives are to: 1. Derive and externally validate a new highly sensitive and maximally specific clinical decision rule for the exclusion of traumatic brain injury in head-injured ED patients who take anticoagulant medications; and, 2. Estimate the sensitivity and specificity of existing head injury clinical decision rules in head-injured ED patients who take anticoagulant medications.
Official title: Selective Neuroimaging for Head-injured Emergency Patients Who Take Anticoagulant Medication
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
16 Years - Any
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
4000
Start Date
2022-03-17
Completion Date
2027-09-30
Last Updated
2024-05-10
Healthy Volunteers
Not specified
Locations (7)
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Kingston Health Sciences Centre
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Sinai Health
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
CHU de Québec - Université Laval
Québec, Quebec, Canada