Traumatic Characteristics of the Forensic Cases Admitted to Emergency Department and Errors in the Forensic Reports

April 27, 2017 updated by: Umut Gulacti, Adiyaman University Research Hospital

Characteristics of the Traumatic Forensic Cases Admitted to Emergency Department and Errors in the Forensic Reports

Objectives: to detect the mistakes and deficiencies of the forensic reports which was written and to detect the injury characteristics of the forensic cases applied to emergency service of a tertiary hospital.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

All patients who applied for reasons such as crushing, traffic accidents, firearms and explosive injuries, assault, all kinds of injuries, burns, electric shock, asphyxia, torture, child abuse, falls and other injuries, poisoning and suicide attempt are a forensic case.Traumatic forensic cases are often confronted in emergency departments, Aim to this study is to detect the mistakes and deficiencies of the forensic reports which was written and also aimed to detect the injury characteristics of the forensic cases applied to emergency department which is the most important center in region at a tertiary hospital.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

4300

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Turkey
    • Central
      • Adıyaman, Central, Turkey, 02000
        • Adiyaman University Research Hospital

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 120 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Traumatic forensic cases which applied to Emergency Department of Adıyaman University Tranining and Research Hospital, between January 01, 2014 and December 31, 2014.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Traumatic forensic cases which written a forensic report were included in study.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • The forensic cases which can not be reached the forensic report and patients' emergency department chart

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Forensic cases admitted to Emergency department
Time Frame: one year
Forensic cases by data obtained from medical records
one year

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Adiyaman University Research Hospital

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Umut Gulacti, Adiyaman University of Medical Faculty

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

January 1, 2014

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 31, 2014

Study Completion (Actual)

December 31, 2014

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 26, 2017

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 27, 2017

First Posted (Actual)

April 28, 2017

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

April 28, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 27, 2017

Last Verified

April 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • ADYU 6

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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