NCT03319381

Geriatric Polytrauma SOP

Implementation of New Standard Operating Procedures for Geriatric Trauma Patients With Multiple Injuries

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 311 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Zurich · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study investigated whether there were improvements in the in-hospital mortality, infection rate, and rate of palliative care among geriatric trauma patients after the implementation of new standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the resuscitation room. These new SOPs, comprising early whole-body computed tomography (CT), damage control surgery, and the use of goal-directed coagulation management, were designed for severely injured adult trauma patients

Detailed description

This study involved the analysis of a prospective single-centre database. Patients admitted via the resuscitation room with need for intensive care treatment after the resuscitation room phase were included and compared before the implementation of the new SOPs (between 1 January, 2000 and 31 December, 2006) and after their implementation in 2009 (between 1 January, 2010 and 31 December, 2012) of our level-I trauma centre.

Conditions

• Geriatrics

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Following new SOPs	The new SOPs comprised early whole-body CT, damage control surgery, and the use of goal-directed coagulation management and are based on the ATLS® concept, which was the strictly followed protocol before implementation of the new SOPs

Timeline

• Start date: 2000-01-01
• Primary completion: 2012-12-31
• Completion: 2012-12-31
• First posted: 2017-10-24
• Last updated: 2017-10-24