Long‐term mortality in the Intermediate care after emergency abdominal surgery (InCare) trial—A post‐hoc follow‐up study

Patients undergoing emergency abdominal surgery are at high risk of post‐operative complications. Although post‐operative treatment at an intermediate care unit may improve early outcome, there is a lack of studies on the long‐term effects of such therapy. The aim of this study was to assess the long‐term effect of intermediate care versus standard surgical ward care on mortality in the Intermediate Care After Emergency Abdominal Surgery (InCare) trial.

[1]  T. Cook,et al.  Systematic review and consensus definitions for the Standardised Endpoints in Perioperative Medicine initiative: patient-centred outcomes. , 2019, British journal of anaesthesia.

[2]  Laura C Fitton,et al.  Effectiveness of a national quality improvement programme to improve survival after emergency abdominal surgery (EPOCH): a stepped-wedge cluster-randomised trial. , 2019, Lancet.

[3]  I. Mechlenburg,et al.  Hypermobility among patients with greater trochanteric pain syndrome. , 2019, Danish medical journal.

[4]  H. Mcdonald,et al.  A Systematic Review of the Impact of Surgical Special Care Units on Patient Outcomes and Health Care Resource Utilization , 2019, Anesthesia and analgesia.

[5]  L. Thygesen,et al.  A nationwide cohort study of short- and long-term outcomes following emergency laparotomy. , 2019, Danish medical journal.

[6]  J. Laake,et al.  No firm evidence that lack of blinding affects estimates of mortality in randomized clinical trials of intensive care interventions: a systematic review and meta-analysis. , 2018, Journal of clinical epidemiology.

[7]  N. B. Foss,et al.  Multidisciplinary perioperative protocol in patients undergoing acute high‐risk abdominal surgery , 2017, The British journal of surgery.

[8]  N. B. Foss,et al.  Complications after emergency laparotomy beyond the immediate postoperative period – a retrospective, observational cohort study of 1139 patients , 2017, Anaesthesia.

[9]  J. Rosenberg,et al.  Randomized multicentre feasibility trial of intermediate care versus standard ward care after emergency abdominal surgery (InCare trial) , 2015, The British journal of surgery.

[10]  A. Hoeft,et al.  Standards for definitions and use of outcome measures for clinical effectiveness research in perioperative medicine: European Perioperative Clinical Outcome (EPCO) definitions A statement from the ESA-ESICM joint taskforce on perioperative outcome measures , 2015, European journal of anaesthesiology.

[11]  M. Dickinson,et al.  Use of a pathway quality improvement care bundle to reduce mortality after emergency laparotomy , 2014, The British journal of surgery.

[12]  D. G. Watt,et al.  30-Day and 1-year mortality in emergency general surgery laparotomies: an area of concern and need for improvement? , 2015, European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery.

[13]  J. Rosenberg,et al.  Mortality and postoperative care pathways after emergency gastrointestinal surgery in 2904 patients: a population-based cohort study. , 2014, British journal of anaesthesia.

[14]  J. Rosenberg,et al.  Effect of intermediate care on mortality following emergency abdominal surgery. The InCare trial: study protocol, rationale and feasibility of a randomised multicentre trial , 2013, Trials.

[15]  M. Møller,et al.  Long-term mortality following peptic ulcer perforation in the PULP trial. A nationwide follow-up study , 2013, Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology.

[16]  R. Barton,et al.  When is death inevitable after emergency laparotomy? Analysis of the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database. , 2012, Journal of the American College of Surgeons.

[17]  J. Bendix,et al.  The Peptic Ulcer Perforation (PULP) score: a predictor of mortality following peptic ulcer perforation. A cohort study , 2012, Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica.

[18]  C. Pedersen,et al.  The Danish Civil Registration System , 2011, Scandinavian journal of public health.

[19]  G. Antes,et al.  CONSORT 2010 statement: updated guidelines for reporting parallel group randomised trials , 2011 .

[20]  D. Moher,et al.  CONSORT 2010 Statement: updated guidelines for reporting parallel group randomised trials , 2010, Journal of clinical epidemiology.

[21]  Justin B Dimick,et al.  Variation in hospital mortality associated with inpatient surgery. , 2009, The New England journal of medicine.

[22]  Mark V. Williams,et al.  Rehospitalizations among patients in the Medicare fee-for-service program. , 2009, The New England journal of medicine.

[23]  R. Depalma,et al.  Determinants of Long-Term Survival After Major Surgery and the Adverse Effect of Postoperative Complications , 2005, Annals of surgery.

[24]  J. Schmier,et al.  Patient recall and recall bias of health state and health status , 2004, Expert review of pharmacoeconomics & outcomes research.

[25]  W. Knaus,et al.  APACHE II: a severity of disease classification system. , 1985 .