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Psycho-Social Outcomes Following Emergency Laparotomy

NCT05281627 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 175

Last updated 2023-07-20

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Summary

An emergency laparotomy (EmLap) is a life-saving operation; but the aftermath for those that do survive can be lifechanging. Each year, in excess of 25,000 EmLaps are performed in UK. A national effort, through the National Emergency Laparotomy Audit (NELA), has managed to improve peri-operative care, and reduce 30 day mortality from 1 in 4 to less than 1 in 10. Whilst this reduction should be commended, it also means that more patients are surviving with some form of new infirmity.

This infirmity may be short-lived and reversible in some, and yet others may transition into a permanent chronic disease state. The impact of EmLap on those individuals that "do not fully recover" is far-reaching and often interlinked, covering biological, social and psychological domains. This makes it difficult to describe the true problem, i.e. holistic morbidity and suggest an intervention to improve it.

The primary aim of this work is to describe the holistic morbidity of EmLap throughout the first year of a patient's recovery.

Conditions

  • Emergency Laparotomy

Interventions

OTHER

Emergency Laparotomy

All patients undergoing Emergency Laparotomy

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

    collaborator OTHER

  • The Royal College of Surgeons of England

    collaborator OTHER

  • Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

    lead OTHER_GOV

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-10-15
Primary Completion
2023-09-30
Completion
2024-09-30

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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