Improving post-operative outcomes in older vascular surgical patients
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- SurgeryAge and ageing, surgery
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN23142588
- Lead Sponsor
- Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (UK)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 180
Inclusion Criteria
1. Aged 65 years and over
2. Scheduled to undergo aortic or lower limb arterial surgery, debridement or amputation within the next 4 months
3. Male and female
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients admitted directly to the ward from surgical clinic for emergency or very urgent surgery
2. Capacitous patients who decline to attend pre-operative assessment clinic
3. Patients who decline to consent to participation in the study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ength of hospital stay (LOS) measured at time of hospital discharge
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method o secondary outcome measures