Status:
UNKNOWN
Impact of a Clinical Decision Algorithm on Length of Hospital Stay and Costs of Care of Burned Patients
Lead Sponsor:
Hospital Central "Dr. Ignacio Morones Prieto"
Conditions:
Burns
Eligibility:
All Genders
Up to 65 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Reliable and valid assessment of burn wound depth or healing potential is essential to treatment decision-making, to provide a prognosis, and to compare studies evaluating different treatment modaliti...
Detailed Description
Burn wounds are divided into first degree burns involving the epidermis, superficial second degree with lesion of the papillary dermis, deep second degree with lesion of the reticular dermis, third de...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients with partial or full thickness burn in \<15% of the total body surface area in distal limbs, including hands or feet.
- Patients admitted to the burn care unit within 24 hours from injury.
- Patients that signed the informed consent. In the case of children or patients unable to consent themselves, signing of the consent by their guardian.
Exclusion
- Patients who sustained electrical burns.
- Patients that received previous care in any other unit.
- Patients with uncontrolled chronic diseases.
- Patients that used corticosteroids or cytotoxic medications within 3 months of sustaining the injury.
- Patients with a baseline body mass index of \<19.9 for adults or below the 5th percentile for their age in children.
- Presence of foreign bodies embedded in the wound tissue, gross edema, systemic causes of distal hypoperfusion, or presence of local infection.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 1 2018
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
August 31 2020
Estimated Enrollment :
44 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03876340
Start Date
November 1 2018
End Date
August 31 2020
Last Update
February 13 2020
Active Locations (1)
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Hospital Central Dr. Ignacio Morones Prieto
San Luis Potosí City, Mexico, 78290