Database of Atypical and Rare Fractures and Injuries (DARFI)
Research type
Research Database
IRAS ID
331288
Research summary
Database of Atypical and Rare Fractures and Injuries (DARFI)
REC name
South West - Central Bristol Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
24/SW/0015
Date of REC Opinion
1 Feb 2024
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion
Data collection arrangements
Pseudonymised patient ID
Managing trauma unit/centre
Demographics
- Age (at time of injury)
- Gender
- Ethnicity
- Fracture sustained/diagnosis
Mechanism of injury
- High energy/low energy
- List of common mechanism with option for other
Dates
- Date of birth
- Date of injury
- Date of admission
- Date of surgery
- Date of discharge
Operative details
- Type of management
- If surgical -> Type of surgery
- Urgency of surgery
- Type of anaesthetic
- Duration of surgery
- ASA grade
Pathology results
- Pre-op (HbA1c/Hb/WCC/Na/K/Urea/Creatinine/eGFR/Calcium)
- Post-op (Hb/WCC/Na/K/Urea/Creatinine/eGFR)
Comorbidities (Yes/No to a pre-determined list of comorbidities)
Smoking status
Medication (Yes/No to a pre-determined list of medication including steroids)
Radiographic imaging
Outcomes
- Short term (within 28 days, (Yes/No to a pre-determined list of outcomes including infection/VTE/failure/re-admission/post-operative complications etc..)
- Medium term (within 1 year, (Yes/No to a pre-determined list of outcomes including avascular necrosis/post-traumatic osteoarthritis/infection/VTE/failure/re-admission/post-operative complications etc..)
- Mortality (Is the patient: Alive/died on the table/died within 1 week/died within 28 days/died within 1 year)
- Free-text box to offer additional informationResearch database title
Database of Atypical and Rare Fractures and Injuries (DARFI)
Establishment organisation
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Establishment organisation address
Research & Innovation - Royal Liverpool Hospital
Prescot Street
Liverpool
L7 8XP