APORG Publications list


  • 1. Kluyts H-L, Bedwell GJ, Bedada AG, et al. Determining the Minimum Dataset for Surgical Patients in Africa: A Delphi Study. World Journal of Surgery 2022 doi: 10.1007/s00268-022-06815-3

  • 2. Paterson A, Maswime S, Hardy A, et al. Postoperative outcomes associated with surgical care for women in Africa: an international risk-adjusted analysis of prospective observational cohorts. BJA Open 2022;4 doi: 10.1016/j.bjao.2022.100100

  • 3. APORG Caesarean Delivery Haemorrhage Group. Identifying interventions to reduce peripartum haemorrhage associated with caesarean delivery in Africa: A Delphi consensus study. PLOS Global Public Health 2022; 2: e0000455 doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000455

  • 4. Bedwell GJ, Scribante J, Adane TD, et al. Nurses' Priorities for Perioperative Research in Africa. Anesth Analg 2023;136(1):17-24. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000006060 [published Online First: 20220513]

  • 5. van der Merwe F, Vickery NJ, Kluyts H-L, et al. Postoperative Outcomes Associated With Procedural Sedation Conducted by Physician and Nonphysician Anesthesia Providers: Findings From the Prospective, Observational African Surgical Outcomes Study. Anesthesia & Analgesia 9900: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000005819

  • 6. Alphonsus CS, Kluyts H-L, Gobin V, et al. Towards the quantification of perioperative cardiovascular risk in the African context: A sub-analysis of the South African Surgical Outcomes Study and the African Surgical Outcomes Study. 2021 doi: 10.7196/samj.2021.v111i11.15848

  • 7. Biccard BM, Gopalan PD, Miller M, et al. Patient care and clinical outcomes for patients with COVID-19 infection admitted to African high-care or intensive care units (ACCCOS): a multicentre, prospective, observational cohort study. The Lancet 2021;397(10288):1885-94. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00441-4

  • 8. Vickery N, Stephens T, du Toit L, et al. Understanding the performance of a pan-African intervention to reduce postoperative mortality: a mixed-methods process evaluation of the ASOS-2 trial. British Journal of Anaesthesia 2021 doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2021.07.001

  • 9. Biccard BM, du Toit L, Lesosky M, et al. Enhanced postoperative surveillance versus standard of care to reduce mortality among adult surgical patients in Africa (ASOS-2): a cluster-randomised controlled trial. The Lancet Global Health doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00291-6

  • 10. Biccard BM, Thomson D, Miller M, Taylor EH, Gopalan PD. Critically ill COVID-19 patients in Africa: it is time for quality registry data - Authors' reply. The Lancet 2021; 398: 486-7 doi: 10.1016%2FS0140-6736(21)01545-2

  • 11. Biccard BM, African Peri-operative Research Group working g. Priorities for peri-operative research in Africa. Anaesthesia 2020;75 Suppl 1:e28-e33. doi: 10.1111/anae.14934

  • 12. Biccard BM, Bishop D, Dyer RA, et al. Anaesthesia providers and maternal mortality in Africa - Authors' reply. Lancet Glob Health 2019;7(10):e1322. doi: 10.1016/s2214-109x(19)30282-7 [published Online First: 2019/09/21]

  • 13. Bishop D, Dyer RA, Maswime S, et al. Maternal and neonatal outcomes after caesarean delivery in the African Surgical Outcomes Study: a 7-day prospective observational cohort study. Lancet Glob Health 2019;7(4):e513-e22. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(19)30036-1 [published Online First: 2019/03/19]

  • 14. Kluyts HL, le Manach Y, Munlemvo DM, et al. The ASOS Surgical Risk Calculator: development and validation of a tool for identifying African surgical patients at risk of severe postoperative complications. Br J Anaesth 2018;121(6):1357-63. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2018.08.005 [published Online First: 2018/11/18]

  • 15. Conradie A, Duys R, Forget P, Biccard BM. Barriers to clinical research in Africa: a quantitative and qualitative survey of clinical researchers in 27 African countries. British Journal of Anaesthesia 2018; 121: 813-21 doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2018.06.013

  • 16. Biccard BM, Madiba TE, Kluyts HL, Munlemvo DM, Madzimbamuto FD, Basenero A, Gordon CS, Youssouf C, Rakotoarison SR, Gobin V, Samateh AL, Sani CM, Omigbodun AO, Amanor-Boadu SD, Tumukunde JT, Esterhuizen TM, Manach YL, Forget P, Elkhogia AM, Mehyaoui RM, Zoumeno E, Ndayisaba G, Ndasi H, Ndonga AKN, Ngumi ZWW, Patel UP, Ashebir DZ, Antwi-Kusi AAK, Mbwele B, Sama HD, Elfiky M, Fawzy MA, Pearse RM; African Surgical Outcomes Study (ASOS) investigators. Perioperative patient outcomes in the African Surgical Outcomes Study: a 7-day prospective observational cohort study. Lancet. 2018 Jan 3. pii: S0140-6736(18)30001-1. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30001-1.