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Pediatric Trauma Radiation Dose Study |
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| Principal Investigator |
Milissa McKee, MD, MPH |
| Lead Investigator |
Karen A. Diefenbach, MD |
Co-investigator |
R. Lawrence Moss, MD |
Clinical Epidemiologist |
Bonnie Lang Silverman, PhD |
Project Goal |
- To determine the average radiation
dose to pediatric trauma patients; document baseline exposure and evaluate
the indications for the radiology studies that were ordered.
- To develop a protocol for the studies ordered for pediatric trauma
patients. The effectiveness of the best practices model in lowering
radiation exposure while still maintaining safe clinical practice will
be tested using subjects from Part 1 as historical controls.
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Study Design |
- Historical cohort study reviewing clinical status, radiology studies
and outcomes of children admitted with trauma or abdominal pain to
the Emergency Department at Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital.
- Prospective observational study collecting the same data about children
admitted with trauma or abdominal pain to the Emergency Department
at Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital after instituting changes
in radiology studies consistent with a best practices model.
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Data Collection |
Data collected on paper forms specifically created for
this study, with data then entered into an Excel database. |
Data Management |
- Excel database
- Data analysis: Stata v 9.0
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Funding |
pending applications for GCRC and OHSE grants
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Timeline |
| Start date: July, 2005 |
End date: Sept, 2006 |
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Status: Jan 2006 |
- completed retrospective review
- analyzing data
- developing clinical protocol for Part 2
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