Delivery of Protocolised Emergency Surgical Care During COVID-19 Pandemic

NCT ID: NCT04450277

Last Updated: 2020-07-07

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 15 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2020-04-01
• Study Completion Date: 2020-05-31

Brief Summary

Emergency general surgical care during the COVID-19 pandemic presents a unique set of considerations and challenges. Patients presenting with acute surgical conditions and concomitant COVID-19 infection have higher risk of mortality and morbidity. The investigators present their experience with COVID-19 positive patients presenting with acute surgical conditions and reviewed the implementation of a protocolized pathway to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 infection.

Detailed Description

All COVID-19 positive patients who presented to the acute general surgical service over a 2-month period were identified. Patient data including demographics, surgical diagnosis, mortality, morbidity and hospital length of stay was collected. Based on the investigators' early experience from the first patient, the investigators designed a protocolized institutional pathway which incorporated the risk of COVID-19 infection and urgency of operation.

Conditions

COVID-19; Emergency Surgery

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: COHORT
• Study Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE

Interventions

Emergency surgery

Emergency surgery vs conservative management

Intervention Type: PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• All patients with emergency surgical conditions and tested positive for COVID-19 infection

Exclusion Criteria

• Nil

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Khoo Teck Puat Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Locations

Khoo Teck Puat Hospital

Singapore, , Singapore

Countries

Singapore

Other Identifiers

2020/00660

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id