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NCT Number: NCT06742658

Rapid Move Following Outpatient Surgery: Safety and Patient Characteristics

A descriptive, retrospective cohort study will be conducted to gain insight in the safety of the Rapid Move. The trial will include a group of Rapid Move patients, who were transferred to the Rapid Move after their outpatient surgery and subsequently discharged home. The Rapid Move is a short-stay PACU where patients recover from anaesthesia, are continuously monitored, and prepared for discharge within an hour after surgery.

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Key information

Conditions

Postoperative Recovery

Age range

15 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

AZ Maria Middelares

Ghent, 9000, Belgium

Location contact

Ella Hermie

CONTACT

[email protected]

About this study

The Rapid Move, a short-stay PACU unit, was implemented at General Hospital Maria Middelares in Ghent, Belgium. The Rapid Move is designed to alleviate the bottleneck in the day surgery unit. Overcrowding in the PACU, caused by limited space in the day surgery unit, resulted in delays in patient discharge despite patients meeting discharge criteria. The Rapid Move is designed for brief, intensive follow-up care, similar to the PACU, with continuous monitoring and a nurse-to-patient ratio of 2:9. An analysis of the occupancy rate of the PACU and the Rapid Move indicates that, despite overcrowding in the PACU, the Rapid Move is still underutilised. Despite the extensive research on PACU bypassing, to our knowledge, no research has been conducted on the safety of the Rapid Move, a short-stay PACU where patients recover from anaesthesia, are continuously monitored and prepared for discharge within an hour after surgery. The aim of this retrospective cohort study is to gain insight in the safety of the Rapid Move as an alternative postoperative pathway for outpatients.

Furthermore, the underutilisation of the Rapid Move, despite the overcrowding of the PACU, has highlighted the need to develop a patient profile of eligible patients for the Rapid Move, with the intention to expand the selection criteria for the Rapid Move and optimise its capacity.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients aged 15 years or older;
  • Patients who went to the Rapid Move after their outpatient procedure. Eligible procedures are: gastroscopy, coloscopy, vasectomy, scrotal surgery, circumcision or other minor penile surgery, intravesical Botox, insertion or removal of eardrum tubes in adults, sinus irrigation in adults, sleep endoscopy, bronchoscopy, removal of osteosynthetic material in the lower leg and foot, and tooth extraction (including wisdom teeth) and upper-forearm orthopedic surgery (excluding prosthetic surgery).

Exclusion criteria

  • Inpatients defined as a patient who is formally admitted (or "hospitalized") to an institution for treatment and/or care and stays for a minimum of one night in the hospital or other institution providing inpatient care;
  • Patients undergoing emergency procedures.

Treatment and study plan

Rapid Move

Other

A short-stay PACU where patients recover from anaesthesia, are continuously monitored, and prepared for discharge within an hour after surgery.

Primary outcomes

  1. 30-day readmission

    Time frame: Up to 30 days after hospital discharge.

    The 30-day readmission rate is defined as the number of patients with an unplanned emergency hospital readmission, including emergency department (ED) visits with or without hospital readmission, occurring between the time the patient is discharged from the hospital after their outpatient surgery (index hospital admission) and 30 days after the surgery. An admission to a non-acute care facility is not considered a readmission. A readmission must be clinically related to the index hospital admission. The term 'clinically related' is defined as meaning that the underlying reason for readmission is plausibly related to the care rendered during or immediately following a prior hospital admission. A clinically related readmission may have resulted from the process of care and treatment during the prior admission or from a lack of post-admission follow-up, rather than from events that occurred after the prior admission within a specified readmission time interval that are unrelated to the p

Secondary outcomes

  1. Complications

    Time frame: Up to 30 days after hospital discharge.

    Readmission reason, classified using the International Classification for Diseases (ICD)-11.

  2. Length of Stay

    Time frame: Minutes, up to 4 hours.

    The time between the arrival at the Rapid Move unit and the time of hospital discharge.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Ella Hermie, MSc

CONTACT

[email protected]

0032 9 246 17 03

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Algemeen Ziekenhuis Maria Middelares

Other

Collaborators

  • University Ghent

Registry information

Official study title

A Retrospective Study on the Safety of the Rapid Move Following Outpatient Surgery and the Characteristics of Patients in the Rapid Move

Acronym: OUTSIDE

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2025
Study completion
2025
First posted
Dec 19, 2024
Registry last updated
Dec 19, 2024

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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