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Impact of Nutritional Deficit in Emergency Surgery

NCT04696367 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 59

Last updated 2021-10-08

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Patients in emergency settings might become malnourished. There are different ways to identify the group as 'at risk' of malnutrition. There are also several different ways to measure outcomes. This pilot study will look at patients undergoing emergency laparotomy, investigate relationships between different selection criteria and outcome measures, and test feasibility of outcome measure collection.

Conditions

  • Emergencies
  • Surgery
  • Malnutrition

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Emergency laparotomy

Midline laparotomy for acute intra-abdominal pathology

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Timothy O'Connor, MBChB · Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-01-01
Primary Completion
2021-04-30
Completion
2021-05-30

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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