Clinical Outcomes and Equality in Healthcare for Emergency General Surgery Patients Undergoing Emergency Laparotomy

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Conditions studied: Abdomen, Acute

In brief

The goal of this observational cohort study is to evaluate the standard of care for general surgerical patients undergoing emergency laparotomy and assess factors affecting clinical outcomes, as well as evaluating the quality of life in the year after abdominal surgery. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. what factors are associated with adverse post-operative events 2. are patients treated differently based on sex or age 3. how does quality of life look like and possibly change over the coarse of a year after surgery This is an evaluation of the current standard of care and the outcomes of this patient group prior to the implementation of a standardised care protocols for emergency laparotomy patients. Secondly, the study aims to, over time, compare results before and after the introduction of this standardised care protocol.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05623176

Run by

Region Stockholm

People needed

2000

Starts

2015-01-01

Expected to finish

2030-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2024-12-11

Who can join

Age: 16 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Undergoing emergency laparotomy due to general surgical indication

You may not qualify if…

• Children under 16
• Trauma laparotomy
• Vascular, urological or gynaecological indication for laparotomy

Where it is running

• Karolinska University Hospital — Stockholm, Sweden (enrolling)

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