Frailty and Postoperative Outcomes After Emergency General Surgery

Ottawa Hospital Research Institute1 site in 1 country150,000 target enrollmentApril 2002

ConditionsGeneral Surgery Geriatrics Outcomes Research

Overview

Phase: N/A
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: General Surgery
Sponsor: Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Enrollment: 150000
Locations: 1
Primary Endpoint: Mortality
Status: Completed
Last Updated: 9 years ago

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Sites Similar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

The investigators will examine the association between preoperative frailty and postoperative outcomes and resource utilization after emergency general surgery.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

April 2002

End Date

March 2014

Last Updated

9 years ago

Study Type

Observational

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Responsible Party

Sponsor

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•All residents of Ontario aged more than 65 years on their surgery date with valid provincial health insurance who have an emergency general surgery procedure (large bowel surgery, small bowel surgery, cholecystectomy, control of hemorrhage from duodenal ulcer, lysis of adhesions, appendectomy, laparotomy)

Exclusion Criteria

•No valid provincial health insurance

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Mortality

Time Frame: 365 days (from date of surgery)

Mortality events will be identified from the registered person's database in Ontario from the date of surgery to 365 days after surgery, at which time participants will be censored

Secondary Outcomes

Hospital length of stay(day of surgery to 365 days after surgery)
Intensive care unit admission(from date of surgery to 30 days after surgery)
Institutional discharge(Date of surgery to hospital discharge or 365 days after surgery (at which time participants will be censored))
Costs(day of surgery to 365 days after surgery)