Publications Resulting from Use of NELA+ Data

Collaborations and requests for NELA+ data have resulted in the following peer-reviewed publications. If you'd like more information about projects with which NELA+ has collaborated, please email us at NELA@rcoa.ac.uk.

  • Eugene N, Kuryba A, Martin P, Oliver CM, Berry M, Moppett IK, Johnston C, Hare S, Lockwood S, Murray D, Walker K, Cromwell DA; NELA Project Team. Development and validation of a prognostic model for death 30 days after adult emergency laparotomy. Anaesthesia. 2023 Oct;78(10):1262-1271. doi: 10.1111/anae.16096. Epub 2023 Jul 14. PMID: 37450350.

  • Pucher PH, Mackenzie H, Tucker V, Mercer SJ. A national propensity score-matched analysis of emergency laparoscopic versus open abdominal surgery. Br J Surg. 2021 Mar 16:znab048. doi: 10.1093/bjs/znab048. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33724351.

  • Boyd-Carson, H., Shah, A., Sugavanam, A., Reid, J., Stanworth, S.J. and Oliver, C.M. (2020), The association of pre-operative anaemia with morbidity and mortality after emergency laparotomy. Anaesthesia, 75: 904-912. https://doi.org/10.1111/anae.15021

  • Boyd-Carson H, Doleman B, Cromwell D, Lockwood S, Williams JP, Tierney GM, Lund JN, Anderson ID; National Emergency Laparotomy Audit Collaboration. Delay in Source Control in Perforated Peptic Ulcer Leads to 6% Increased Risk of Death Per Hour: A Nationwide Cohort Study. World J Surg. 2020 Mar;44(3):869-875. doi: 10.1007/s00268-019-05254-x. PMID: 31664496.

  • Boyd-Carson H, Doleman B, Lockwood S, Williams JP, Tierney GM, Lund JN; National Emergency Laparotomy Audit Collaboration. Trainee-led emergency laparotomy operating. Br J Surg. 2020 Sep;107(10):1289-1298. doi: 10.1002/bjs.11611. Epub 2020 Apr 26. PMID: 32335905.

  • Aitken RM, Partridge JSL, Oliver CM, Murray D, Hare S, Lockwood S, Beckley-Hoelscher N, Dhesi JK. Older patients undergoing emergency laparotomy: observations from the National Emergency Laparotomy Audit (NELA) years 1-4. Age Ageing. 2020 Jul 1;49(4):656-663. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afaa075. PMID: 32484859.

  • Boyd-Carson H, Doleman B, Herrod PJJ, Anderson ID, Williams JP, Lund JN, Tierney GM; NELA Collaboration. Association between surgeon special interest and mortality after emergency laparotomy. Br J Surg. 2019 Jun;106(7):940-948. doi: 10.1002/bjs.11146. Epub 2019 Apr 25. Erratum in: Br J Surg. 2019 Sep;106(10):1403. PMID: 31021420.

  • Salih T, Martin P, Poulton T, Oliver CM, Bassett MG, Moonesinghe SR; NELA Project Team. Distance travelled to hospital for emergency laparotomy and the effect of travel time on mortality: cohort study. BMJ Qual Saf. 2020 Jun 23:bmjqs-2019-010747. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2019-010747. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32576606.

  • Stephens TJ, Peden CJ, Haines R, Grocott MPW, Murray D, Cromwell D, Johnston C, Hare S, Lourtie J, Drake S, Martin GP, Pearse RM; Enhanced Perioperative Care for High-risk patients (EPOCH) trial group. Hospital-level evaluation of the effect of a national quality improvement programme: time-series analysis of registry data. BMJ Qual Saf. 2020 Aug;29(8):623-635. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2019-009537. Epub 2019 Sep 12. PMID: 31515437.

  • Aggarwal G, Peden CJ, Mohammed MA, Pullyblank A, Williams B, Stephens T, Kellett S, Kirkby-Bott J, Quiney N; Emergency Laparotomy Collaborative. Evaluation of the Collaborative Use of an Evidence-Based Care Bundle in Emergency Laparotomy. JAMA Surg. 2019 May 1;154(5):e190145. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2019.0145. Epub 2019 May 15. PMID: 30892581; PMCID: PMC6537778.

  • Peden CJ, Stephens T, Martin G, Kahan BC, Thomson A, Rivett K, Wells D, Richardson G, Kerry S, Bion J, Pearse RM; Enhanced Peri-Operative Care for High-risk patients (EPOCH) trial group. Effectiveness of a national quality improvement programme to improve survival after emergency abdominal surgery (EPOCH): a stepped-wedge cluster-randomised trial. Lancet. 2019 Jun 1;393(10187):2213-2221. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32521-2. Epub 2019 Apr 25. PMID: 31030986.

  • Peden CJ, Stephens T, Martin G, Kahan BC, Thomson A, Everingham K, Kocman D, Lourtie J, Drake S, Girling A, Lilford R, Rivett K, Wells D, Mahajan R, Holt P, Yang F, Walker S, Richardson G, Kerry S, Anderson I, Murray D, Cromwell D, Phull M, Grocott MPW, Bion J, Pearse RM; the EPOCH trial group. A national quality improvement programme to improve survival after emergency abdominal surgery: the EPOCH stepped-wedge cluster RCT. Southampton (UK): NIHR Journals Library; 2019 Sep. PMID: 31577397

  • Stephens, T.J., Peden, C.J., Pearse, R.M. et al. Improving care at scale: process evaluation of a multi-component quality improvement intervention to reduce mortality after emergency abdominal surgery (EPOCH trial). Implementation Sci 13, 142 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-018-0823-9

  • Eugene N, Oliver CM, Bassett MG, Poulton TE, Kuryba A, Johnston C, Anderson ID, Moonesinghe SR, Grocott MP, Murray DM, Cromwell DA, Walker K; NELA collaboration. Development and internal validation of a novel risk adjustment model for adult patients undergoing emergency laparotomy surgery: the National Emergency Laparotomy Audit risk model. Br J Anaesth. 2018 Oct;121(4):739-748. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2018.06.026. Epub 2018 Aug 23. PMID: 30236236.