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 information

  • Research 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