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National Emergency Laparotomy Audit - Patient Audit Dataset

Population Size

165,000

People

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Years

2019 - 2020

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Associated BioSamples

None/not available

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Geographic coverage

United Kingdom

England

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Lead time

Variable

Lead time statistic card

Summary

Contains patient level data on the input, processes, and outcomes of care for adults undergoing emergency laparotomy (bowel surgery) in England and Wales. This is a continuous audit.

Documentation

Contains patient level data on the input, processes, and outcomes of care for adults undergoing emergency laparotomy (bowel surgery) in England and Wales. This is a continuous audit. The Year 8 audit questionnaire can be found here: https://data.nela.org.uk/Support/YEAR-8-NELA-Patient-Audit-Questions-Proforma-Activ.aspx.

Data is collected on patient demographics and hospital admission information, preoperative information, preoperative risk stratification, intraoperative information, postoperative risk stratification, postoperative information and outcomes, and COVID-specific questions.

Dataset type

Health and disease, Registry

Dataset sub-type

Oral and gastrointestinal

Dataset population size

165000

Associated media

https://www.hqip.org.uk/a-z-of-nca/emergency-laparotomy/

Keywords

Observations

Observed Node

Disambiguating Description

Measured Value

Measured Property

Observation Date

Persons

165000

Count

05 May 2021

Provenance

Purpose of dataset collection

Audit

Source of data extraction

Other

Collection source setting

Secondary care - In-patients, Secondary care - Accident and Emergency

Patient pathway description

Adult patients aged 18 and over who undergo an expedited, urgent or emergency (NCEPOD definitions) abdominal procedure on the gastrointestinal tract this includes open, laparoscopic, or laparoscopically-assisted procedures involving the stomach, small or large bowel, or return for conditions such as perforation, ischaemia, abdomical abcess, bleeding,

or obstruction. Each year

, over 20, 000 patients undergoing emergency laparotomy are included in the NELA database since inception, there have been over 165, 000 patients registered

Image contrast

Not stated

Biological sample availability

None/not available

Details

Publishing frequency

Annual

Version

5.0.0

Modified

08/10/2024

Citation Requirements

Please attribute NELA as 'The National Emergency Laparotomy Audit (NELA), Royal College of Anaesthetists'. When describing funding please include the following statement 'NELA was commissioned by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP), funded by NHS England and Welsh Government and it is part of the National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme (NCAPOP).'

Coverage

Start date

01/12/2019

End date

30/11/2020

Time lag

Variable

Geographic coverage

United Kingdom, England, Wales

Minimum age range

18

Maximum age range

150

Follow-up

Unknown

Accessibility

Language

en

Controlled vocabulary

OPCS4, NHS NATIONAL CODES

Format

Excel, CSV

Data Access Request

Dataset pipeline status

Not available

Access rights

https://www.hqip.org.uk/national-programmes/accessing-ncapop-data, https://www.nela.org.uk/NELA_Research

Time to dataset access

Variable

Access request cost

https://www.hqip.org.uk/national-programmes/accessing-ncapop-data, https://www.nela.org.uk/NELA_Research

Access method category

Varies based on project

Jurisdiction

GB-EA

Data use limitation

No restriction

Data use requirements

Project-specific restrictions,Time limit on use

Data Controller

Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership jointly with NHS England

Data Processor

Royal College of Anaesthetists

Dataset Types: Health and disease, Registry

Dataset Sub-types: Oral and gastrointestinal

Collection Sources: Secondary care - In-patients, Secondary care - Accident and Emergency

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