Delivery of Protocolised Emergency Surgical Care During COVID-19 Pandemic

COVID-19 Clinical Trial

Official title:

Delivery of Protocolised Emergency Surgical Care During COVID-19 Pandemic Based on Case Series

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04450277
• Other study ID #: 2020/00660
• Status: Completed
• Start date: April 1, 2020
• Est. completion date: May 31, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: June 2020
• Source: Khoo Teck Puat Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational [Patient Registry]

Clinical Trial 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.

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 15
• Est. completion date: May 31, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: May 31, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

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

Exclusion Criteria:

• Nil

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• COVID-19
• Emergencies
• Emergency Surgery

Intervention

Procedure:
• Emergency surgery
Emergency surgery vs conservative management

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Singapore	Khoo Teck Puat Hospital	Singapore

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Khoo Teck Puat Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Singapore, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Surgical morbidity in patients with COVID-19 infection and general surgical conditions		Follow up 1 month