Summary
A multicentre prospective cohort study that aims to:
- Identify a U.K. consecutive series of older adults presenting with acute abdominal pathology potentially treatable by emergency laparotomy where the decision is made not to undergo surgery (NoLAP) and their associated 90-day mortality.
- Collect, define and characterise the reasoning behind the NOLAP decision.
- Define potential prognostic markers for mortality that could aid decision-making in the future (including frailty, NELA score and sarcopenia).
- Compare aims 1 and 3 to those that underwent surgery (ELAP) during the same time frame as the NoLAP population.
The study is open to any hospital in the UK please see protocol and to get involved please contact us or fill in expression of interest (EOI) form here
Contact Details
Email: elf2study@gmail.com