NCT06858488NARecruiting
Bioimpedance for Ortho Trauma
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Start Date
3/20/2025
Completion Date
7/1/2028
Summary
Patients with high-energy extremity trauma will undergo imaging with an EIT device in the Emergency Department, Operating Room, Orthopaedic Clinic, and In-patient hospital rooms. The EIT device is an electrical impedance tomography system.
Eligibility Criteria
Age Range: 18 years to No maximum
Inclusion Criteria:
* Age 18 years or older
* High energy closed extremity fracture
* Provision of informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
* Metatarsal fractures
* Injury to both lower extremities precluding contralateral imaging
* Presence of an implanted electronic device (e.g. pacemaker, vagal stimulator, deep brain stimulator) or electrodes or electrical wires.
* Currently pregnant, potentially pregnant, or lactating women
Interventions
PROCEDURE
Extremity Surgery
Conditions
Trauma Injury
Locations
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756
United States