Population
Patients undergoing surgery in South Africa's public sector hospitals
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
7-day
Authors
Loading...
Urgent surgery and NCDs may warrant priority in South African perioperative planning; observational data leaves open HIV's role in surgical mortality.
In South African public sector hospitals, non-communicable diseases and urgent/emergency surgeries are the primary drivers of surgical mortality, rather than HIV infection.
Biccard et al. (2015) studied this question.
Synapse has enriched 5 closely related papers on similar clinical questions. Consider them for comparative context: