Clinician investigators across Africa. Conducted ASOS (African Surgical Outcomes Study), ASOS-2 trial and ACCCOS (African Covid-19 Crit Care Outcomes Study)
Joined July 2015
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APORG (African Perioperative Research Group) retweeted
@AfricanSOS is a phenomenal group of 2000 clinician researchers from 1200 hospitals in 43 African countries. Predominantly unfunded, they have mapped surgical & critical illness outcomes across Africa and have started initiatives to decrease the unacceptably high mortality
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7) The provision of basic critical care through the equitable and systems-based implementation of essential emergency and critical care may have a substantial impact on preventable patient deaths in Africa.
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6) The study showed how hospitals across Africa struggle with a serious shortage of resources to treat critically ill patients.
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4) More than half of critically ill patients do not receive essential emergency and critical care.
5) The study suggests a high incidence of preventable deaths from critical illness in Africa.
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2) The study included nearly 20 000 patients in 180 hospitals in 22 countries across Africa.
3) Two-thirds of critically ill patients are cared for in general hospital wards rather than in high-dependency or intensive care units.
APORG (African Perioperative Research Group) retweeted
These are our key findings:
1) 1 in 8 hospital in-patients are critically ill in Africa, of which 1 in 5 die within 7 days.
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Thanks to all our brilliant ACIOS Investigators, our study looking at the prevalence of critical illness in 22 Nations in Africa has been published in the Lancet. @EECCGlobal @AfricanSOS @CCPMG_TEAM
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APORG (African Perioperative Research Group) retweeted
Successful @AmCollSurgeons #acsqcs inclusive of quality in global Surgery thank you to @JohnMeara @emakasa and @cliffordkomd @TomVargheseJr @JosephSakran @pturnermd @GlobalSurg @AfricanSOS @ACSPastPrez98 @HPB_Surgeon @drcdevries @HPB_Surgeon
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This could be the largest, global, multicentre study on Cancer outcomes, great efforts from all participants
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When I finally found Estcourt Hospital they were doing a fab job! Thanks team 👍 #ASOS2 @AfricanSOS
APORG (African Perioperative Research Group) retweeted
Beautiful views flying into visit Charles Johnson Memorial Hospital. Great teamwork here meant >100 pts in 4 weeks. Time to capture that data! #ASOS2 @AfricanSOS
APORG (African Perioperative Research Group) retweeted
The #ASOS2 trial is looking for more hospitals and countries to participate in Africa! We need you. We currently have about 400 hospitals in 30 countries. We need 650 hospitals for #ASOS2. If you are keen to participate please contact us. asos.org.za @AfricanSOS
APORG (African Perioperative Research Group) retweeted
@AfricanSOS advocates in #Utstein. @EmiSuzukiPhD published 'Why are people dying following surgery in Africa?' blogs.worldbank.org/opendata… via @WorldBank And @JulianGoreBooth @wfsaorg funded @WFSA_ASOS2 for #ASOS2 process evaluation. Thank you
APORG (African Perioperative Research Group) retweeted
This study is the 1st African study to externally validate the ASOS Surgical Risk Calculator, and finds Nigerian #surgical outcomes consistent with @africanSOS @BabatundeOsina1 Nigerian surgical outcomes – A report of 7-DAY prospective cohort stud... sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
APORG (African Perioperative Research Group) retweeted
Playing with text mining in R using the #ASOS2 pilot trial data. Involvement of nursing staff and hospital management in local hospital investigator teams is critical for addressing resource limitations in postoperative period. It is May and #ASOS2 is underway. Go @AfricanSOS!
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This is how you prepare for a test run of #ASOS2 You sit down with the team, and make sure everyone knows their role. Then you see if you can execute your plan. Then you sit down again and work out how to get around any barriers. @AfricanSOS
If We love the evidence! We should embrace where it comes from. Mbale Regional Referral Hospital in Easter Uganda is one of the Ugandan hospitals participating in #ASOS2. We are preparing for test-run @adamhewittsmith @rupert_pearse @BruceBiccard @Nabukenya8 @arthurkwizera
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African mothers 50 times more likely to die after c-section than moms in rich countries, study says - We were very pleased to see that there was coverage from @CNN regarding the @AfricanSOS study - check it our here cnn.it/2ZBJier
APORG (African Perioperative Research Group) retweeted
#ASOS2 @AfricanSOS Cluster randomised trial to determine if increased postoperative surveillance decreases surgical mortality in Africa.
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We still have a 25% maternal mortality in Africa. Have to consider the 3 (different) Ts: travel/transport, training, or therapy. @BruceBiccard @ANZCA @AfricanSOS #ASM19KL
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Huge problem in sub-saharan Africa @AfricanSOS
Andy Klein answering a question I’ve had for some time. “Why don’t we do iron infusions in pregnant women?” #asm19kl
