COVID-19, Emergency Surgery
Conditions
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.
Interventions
PROCEDUREEmergency surgery
Emergency surgery vs conservative management
Sponsors
Khoo Teck Puat Hospital
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* All patients with emergency surgical conditions and tested positive for COVID-19 infection
Exclusion criteria
* Nil
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Surgical morbidity in patients with COVID-19 infection and general surgical conditions | Follow up 1 month |
Countries
Singapore
Outcome results
None listed