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NCT Number: NCT05664360

Incidence and Outcomes of Emergency Department Patients Requiring Emergency General Surgery

The objectives of this study were (1) to estimate the incidence of emergency general surgery in a Swiss University Hospital, (2) to describe the characteristics and outcomes of patients undergoing such interventions, and (3) to study the impact of age on the outcomes.

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Key information

Conditions

Emergency General Surgery

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • consecutive patients visiting the emergency department

Exclusion criteria

  • admitted primarily for a psychiatric reason
  • left without consultation

Treatment and study plan

Age (young versus older)

Other

Age

Primary outcomes

  1. Incidence of emergency general surgery

    Time frame: Day 3

    Emergency general surgery following ED visit

Secondary outcomes

  1. Admission to intensive care unit rate

    Time frame: During index hospitalization

    Admission to intensive care unit

  2. ICU length of stay

    Time frame: During index hospitalization

    Number of days spent in the ICU during hospital stay

  3. 30-day mortality rate

    Time frame: 30 days

    30-day mortality

  4. 90-day mortality rate

    Time frame: 90 days

    90-day mortality

  5. One-year mortality rate

    Time frame: One year

    One-year mortality

  6. Hospital length of stay

    Time frame: During index hospitalization

    Hospital length of stay

  7. Rate of patient dependent at discharge

    Time frame: Hospital discharge

    Dependent at discharge

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University Hospital, Geneva

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2015
Primary completion
2022
Study completion
2022
First posted
Dec 23, 2022
Registry last updated
Dec 23, 2022

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