Anesthetic & Surgical Protocol for Emergency Surgeries During the Era of COVID-19

Protocol for Anesthesia for Emergency Surgery

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT04758286

Enrollment

209

Registered

2021-02-17

Start date

2020-07-01

Completion date

2021-02-11

Last updated

2021-02-17

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Conditions

COVID-19

Keywords

COVID-19, Anesthesia, Surgery, Outcomes

Brief summary

A protocol applied during anesthesia and surgical interventions for patients with emergency surgical conditions during the era of COVID-19 disease

Detailed description

All COVID-19 patients who were admitted to emergency departments presenting with emergency surgical conditions were evaluated for assurance of having COVID-19 disease. Then, the appropriate anesthetic procedure was applied and the appropriate surgical intervention was performed.

Interventions

PROCEDUREEmergency surgical procedures

COVID-19 patients who had presented to the Emergency Department were evaluated for their emergency surgical conditions and were managed appropriately

Study design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Masking description

An anesthetist who was not in charge for application of the protocol is responsible for assessing the intraoperative findings and another anesthetist was responsible for assessing the postoperative findings

Intervention model description

All patients presenting with surgical emergency

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Assured diagnosis of COVID-19 by RT-PCR

Exclusion criteria

* No

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Questionnaire	Up to two days	This questionnaire was designed to assess the satisfaction of the anesthetist in-charge and the surgeon by the applied protocol to manage COVID-19 patients

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Physiologic assessment	Up to one day	estimation of systolic and diastolic blood pressures of patients during and after surgery
Surgical follow-up	Up to 10 days	Postoperative assessment of wounds and drainage tube, if any, and to determine the success of the procedure or the development of complications

Countries

Egypt

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026