Status:
WITHDRAWN
Pediatric Pilot Study: Irrigation and Scrubbing in Facial and Scalp Wounds
Lead Sponsor:
Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota
Conditions:
Facial and Scalp Lacerations
Eligibility:
All Genders
1-20 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Most pediatric lacerations occur indoors and are considerably noncontaminated. Wounds that occur outside of the house where dirt often enters the laceration, irrigation and scrubbing with soap has bee...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- facial and scalp wounds acquired by blunt trauma,
- wounds incurring within a house or indoor gym,
- all ages, 1 month to 20 years of age.
- Scalp is defined as the skin covering the head. The face is the area anterior to the ears, below the chin and extending to the hairline of the forehead. Wounds requiring deep sutures will also be included.
Exclusion
- Patients presenting with wounds that occur outdoors,
- Wounds greater than 12 hour old,
- Immunocompromised, malnourished or a diabetic,
- Intoxicated,
- Currently on antibiotics,
- Sickle cell anemia,
- Collagen vascular disease,
- Wounds requiring plastic surgery,
- Wounds from human or animal bites,
- Wounds not on the face or scalp,
- Patient's just discharged from the hospital within 72 hours,
- Wounds with foreign bodies or grossly contaminated,
- No suture nurses are present or available to suture.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 1 2009
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
April 1 2010
Estimated Enrollment :
Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00866892
Start Date
April 1 2009
End Date
April 1 2010
Last Update
July 14 2015
Active Locations (1)
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Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota
Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States