Thorax Trauma Severity Score to predict outcomes after chest injuries in Iraq

Is this trial a fit for you?

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

This is a prospective observational study enrolling patients aged 16 and older who present with thoracic trauma to the emergency department at Al-Nahrain University. Clinicians will record a TTSS score on arrival and collect demographic and clinical data including injury mechanism, comorbidities, and length of stay. Outcomes such as ICU admission, advanced interventions, and in-hospital mortality will be tracked to measure how well TTSS stratifies risk. Statistical analyses will examine TTSS accuracy and how patient factors influence its predictive performance in a resource-constrained setting.

Why it matters

Who can join: the full rules

Inclusion Criteria:

* patients above 16 years of age.
* Patients presenting to the emergency department with thoracic trauma.
* Patients or their legal guardians must provide informed consent to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients with incomplete clinical data or those discharged before scoring can be performed.
* Pregnant patients (due to specific physiological considerations not accounted for by the scoring system).
* Patients who succumb to their injuries before scoring or baseline data collection.
* chronic respiratory diseases
* malignancy and end-organ failure
* Patients with severe head injury (having extradural, subdural, subarachnoid, or intraparenchymal hemorrhage and skull bone fracture) or those requiring prior neurosurgical intervention
* patients with severe abdominal injury requiring surgical intervention like laparotomy

Where it's running

• College of Medicine - Al-Nahrain University
  Baghdad, Iraq Recruiting

Study contacts

• Study coordinator: Abdulillah R. Khamees Al-Mamoori, MBBCH
• Email: allaabed987@ced.nahrainuniv.edu.iq
• Phone: 07838571013

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How to take part

1. Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
2. Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
3. Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.