Observational Falls Validation Study for Traumatic Brain Bleeding

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Falls Validation Study

Observational NCT07536906 Kind: OBSERVATIONAL Apr 17, 2026

Abstract

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.

Conditions: Intracranial Bleed, Falls

Interventions: Clinical Decision Rule

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