RESPOND study (Rescue for Emergency Surgery Patients Observed to uNdergo acute Deterioration)

Not Applicable

• Conditions: How clinical teams respond when a patient deteriorates after emergency surgery on the abdomen; Not Applicable

• Registration Number: ISRCTN16453820
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Oxford

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2023-08-24
• Last Update Posted: 4 September 2023
• Study Completion: 2026-10-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Ongoing
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 4992

Inclusion Criteria

1. The patient is over 18 years old
2. The patient was admitted with acute abdominal pain
3. The patient has undergone a surgical operation or other invasive therapeutic intervention since admission
4. The patient has undergone an acute clinical deterioration following the initial operation or intervention.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Have been declared not for resuscitation”, or have a ceiling of care that has been set which excludes further interventional procedures or ITU admission. For this exclusion to apply, the decision on limiting care must have been endorsed by a senior doctor, and recorded in the clinical record BEFORE any postoperative deterioration takes place.
2. Cannot communicate in English, and no translation facilities can be found

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Failure to Rescue (% postoperative mortality amongst patients experiencing complications from an initial operation) measured using the percentage postoperative mortality (defined as any death within 90 days of the index operation) calculated for the population of patients who experienced a post-procedure complication at 90 days after the end of pre-intervention, observational phase of study AND 90 days after the end of the active, interventional phase of the study<br>