U.S., April 18 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07536906) titled 'Falls Validation Study' on April 11.
Brief Summary: Each year, one in three adults over the age of 65 has a fall. These falls lead to half a million Canadian emergency department patient visits annually and falls in older adults account for more than 3% of all emergency department visits.
We have created a rapid, simple bedside test (known as a decision rule) to guide emergency physicians on when older adults should have a brain scan to diagnose traumatic brain bleeding. We will check this this decision rule works well in guiding who needs a brain scan.
Study Start Date: May 01
Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
Condition:
Intracranial...