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Last refreshed on: 16 December 2017
Main ID:  NCT03044899
Date of registration: 03/02/2017
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: University of KwaZulu
Public title: African Surgical Outcomes Study (ASOS) ASOS
Scientific title: African Surgical Outcomes Study (ASOS): An African, Multi-centre Seven Day Evaluation of Patient Care and Clinical Outcomes for Patients Undergoing Surgery
Date of first enrolment: February 1, 2016
Target sample size: 11422
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03044899
Study type:  Observational [Patient Registry]
Study design:   
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Algeria Benin Burundi Cameroon Congo Congo, The Democratic Republic of the Egypt Ethiopia
Gambia Ghana Kenya Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Madagascar Mali Mauritius Namibia
Niger Nigeria Senegal South Africa Tanzania Togo Uganda Zambia
Zimbabwe
Contacts
Name:     Bruce Biccard, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  University of KwaZulu
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- All consecutive patients admitted to participating centres undergoing elective and
non-elective surgery commencing during a seven day study cohort period with a planned
overnight hospital stay following surgery. The recruitment week will run between
February and May 2016.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients undergoing planned day-case surgery or radiological procedures not requiring
anaesthesia.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Surgery
Mortality
Surgery- Complications
Intervention(s)
Procedure: All surgeries in adult patients
Primary Outcome(s)
Incidence of in-hospital postoperative complications in adult surgical patients in Africa [Time Frame: In-hospital upto 30 days]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Rate of mortality on the day of surgery for patients undergoing surgery in Africa [Time Frame: 1 day]
The in-hospital mortality rate for patients undergoing surgery in Africa [Time Frame: In-hospital upto 30 days]
Secondary ID(s)
ASOS
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Medical Research Council, South Africa
Ethics review
Results
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