APORG (African Perioperative Research Group)

The APORG Data Repository is now live on the ASOS website. Researchers are encouraged to explore available datasets and data dictionaries and consider submitting study ideas to support collaborative research across the APORG network. asos.org.za/index.php/data…

APORG is planning a new educational webinar series focused on perioperative medicine and tailored to African contexts and informed directly by APORG research findings. To ensure this initiative meets the needs of its members, fill: redcap.ansa.org.za/surveys/?s=4MY…

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.

6) The study showed how hospitals across Africa struggle with a serious shortage of resources to treat critically ill patients.

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.

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.

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.

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 thelancet.com/journals/lance…

#APORG African Perioperative Research Group Board announcement @BruceBiccard @OwooChris @profmelfiky @DollyMunlemvo @alex_torborg @FBulamba Marian Kinnes

Join us for our annual APORG (African Perioperative Reseach Group) meeting on Saturday. Highlight: Large round table discussion on increasing research capacity in Africa Register: forms.gle/QfPVPr3t97zjjQ… Programme: bit.ly/APORG2022

Happy World Anaesthesia Day #WAD from #APORG African Perioperative Research Group. Join #ASOSPaeds today. Following on from #ASOS #ASOS2 #ACCCOS @wfsaorg

This is the work of APORG (African Perioperative Research Group). 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 thelancet.com/journals/lance…

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

@ewenharrison @JohnMeara @GlobalSurg @dnepo @NIHR_GSU @gttefera @emakasa @ramosdelamedina @kathryn_chu_sa @Bethune2019 @ladysurgeonsa @RiinuOts @sr_knight1 @Atul_Gawande @TheophilusTeddy @AfricanSOS @janetmartinwho This could be the largest, global, multicentre study on Cancer outcomes, great efforts from all participants

When I finally found Estcourt Hospital they were doing a fab job! Thanks team 👍 #ASOS2 @AfricanSOS

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

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