Incidence and Outcomes of Emergency Department Patients Requiring Emergency General Surgery

Completed

• Conditions: Emergency General Surgery
• Interventions: Other: Age (young versus older)

• Registration Number: NCT05664360
• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital, Geneva

Brief Summary

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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-01-01
• Primary Completion: 2022-03-15
• Study Completion: 2022-03-15
• Status Verified: 2022-12
• Study First Submitted: 2022-12-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-12-17
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-12-17
• Study First Posted: 2022-12-23
• Last Update Posted: 2022-12-23

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 310914

Inclusion Criteria

• consecutive patients visiting the emergency department

Exclusion Criteria

• admitted primarily for a psychiatric reason
• left without consultation

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
ED patients	Age (young versus older)	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Incidence of emergency general surgery	Day 3	Emergency general surgery following ED visit

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Admission to intensive care unit rate	During index hospitalization	Admission to intensive care unit
30-day mortality rate	30 days	30-day mortality
90-day mortality rate	90 days	90-day mortality
One-year mortality rate	One year	One-year mortality
Hospital length of stay	During index hospitalization	Hospital length of stay
Rate of patient dependent at discharge	Hospital discharge	Dependent at discharge
ICU length of stay	During index hospitalization	Number of days spent in the ICU during hospital stay