Colorectal cancer, abdominal aortic aneurysm
Conditions
Interventions
For an optimal period of 5 weeks prior to surgery, physical health, nutritional health status, factors of frailty and haemoglobin levels will be optimised
Sponsors
L. van der Laan, MD PhD, Department of Surgery, Amphia hospital Breda, The Netherlands.
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients aged 70 years or older; All Ethnicities; Both sexes; Patients planned to undergo elective abdominal surgery for colorectal cancer or an abdominal aortic aneurysm;
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Acute admission or surgical intervention, All patients who do not speak Dutch or English.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Incidence of delirium | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Complications, length of hospital stay, ICU admission, functional dependency, institutionalision, qualtity of life and mortality up to one year | — |
Contacts
Public ContactTies Janssen
Amphia Hospital Breda
Outcome results
None listed