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National Emergency Laparotomy Audit - Patient Audit Dataset

Population Size

165,000

People

Years

2019 - 2020

Associated BioSamples

None/not available

Geographic coverage

United Kingdom

England

Lead time

Variable

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

Bowel, Audit, Surgery, Emergency laparotomy, NELA

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