Publications

  • The African Paediatric Surgical Outcomes study Outcomes after Surgery for Children in Africa a Fourteen-Day Prospective Observational Cohort Study (ASOS-Paeds). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4556560
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  • The African COVID-19 Critical Care Outcomes Study (ACCCOS) Investigators. 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. Lancet. 2021; 397: 1885–94. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00441-4.

  • 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

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  • Torborg A, Cronje L, Rodseth R, et al. South African Paediatric Surgical Outcomes Study: a 14-day prospective, observational cohort study of paediatric surgical patients. Br J Anaesth. 2018;122(2):224-232. doi:10.1016/j.bja.2018.11.015
  • Meyer HM, Torborg A, Cronje L, Thomas J, Bhettay A, Diedericks J, Cilliers C, Kluyts H, Mrara B, Kalipa M, Biccard B, SAPSOS investigators.The association between preoperative anemia and postoperative morbidity in pediatric surgical patients: A secondary analysis of a prospective observational cohort study. Paediatric Anaesthesia. 2020;30(7):759-765. doi: 10.1111/pan.13872. 
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  • The ASOS-2 Investigators.Enhanced postoperative surveillance versus standard of care to reduce mortality among adult surgical patients in Africa (ASOS-2): a cluster-randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2021 Oct;9(10):e1391-e1401 doi:10.1016/ S2214-109X(21)00310-7
  • Du Toit L, Kluyts H-L, Gobin V, et al. The African Surgical OutcomeS-2 (ASOS-2) Pilot Trial, a mixed-methods implementation study. South African J Anaesth Analg. 2019;25(1):14-23. doi:10.36303/sajaa.2019.25.1.2173

  • 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

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  • Biccard BM, Madiba TE, Kluyts HL, et al. Perioperative patient outcomes in the African Surgical Outcomes Study: a 7-day prospective observational cohort study. Lancet. 2018;391(10130):1589-1598. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30001-1
  • Biccard BM, Torborg AM, Madden VJ, et al. Priorities for peri-operative research in Africa. Anaesthesia. 2020;75(S1):e28-e33. doi:10.1111/anae.14934
  • 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 Heal. 2019;7(4):e513-e522. doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(19)30036-1
  • Kluyts H-L, 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):1357-1363. doi:10.1016/j.bja.2018.08.005

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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]
  • 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]