Incidence and Outcomes of Emergency Department Patients Requiring Emergency General Surgery

University Hospitals (UH)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Emergency General Surgery

Treatments: Other: Age (young versus older)

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05664360

EGS1

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objectives of this study were (1) to estimate the incidence of emergency general surgery in a Swiss University Hospital, (2) to describe the characteristics and outcomes of patients undergoing such interventions, and (3) to study the impact of age on the outcomes.

Enrollment: 310,914 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• consecutive patients visiting the emergency department

Exclusion criteria

• admitted primarily for a psychiatric reason
• left without consultation

Trial design

310,914 participants in 1 patient group

ED patients

Treatment:

Other: Age (young versus older)