Impact of Nutritional Deficit in Emergency Surgery (INDIcatES)

NHS Foundation Trust

Status: Completed

Conditions: Emergencies; Malnutrition; Surgery

Treatments: Procedure: Emergency laparotomy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04696367

STH20936

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full description

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.

Enrollment: 59 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Willing to consent,

  -≥ 18 years old

• eligible for inclusion in National Emergency Laparotomy Audit

• first procedure during admission (<7 days from admission).

Exclusion criteria

• Recent discharge from hospital (within 60 days),
• unable to provide informed consent
• life expectancy <12 months
• prisoners
• lack mental capacity
• language barrier affecting ability to provide consent

Trial design

59 participants in 1 patient group

Patients with acute intra-abdominal pathology

Description:

Patients admitted to hospital with acute intra-abdominal pathology

Treatment:

Procedure: Emergency laparotomy