Purpose Nurses provide care at each phase of the complex, perioperative pathway and are
well placed to identify areas of care requiring investigation in randomized controlled trials …

Abstract Background Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) is a patient-centered
approach to surgery designed to reduce stress responses and facilitate faster recovery …

Abstract Background The National Institute for Health Research Global Health Research
Unit on Global Surgery is establishing research Hubs in low-and middle-income countries …

Deaths following surgery are the third largest contributor to deaths globally, and in Africa are
twice the global average. There is a need for a peri‐operative research agenda to ensure co …

BACKGROUND: Mortality rates among surgical patients in Africa are double those of
surgical patients in high-income countries. Internationally, there is a call to improve access …

ABSTRACT Background Surgical healthcare in South Africa is inequitable with a
considerable lack of resources in the public health sector. Identifying barriers to care and …

South Africa is an upper-middle-income country with widespread social and geographical
inequality of surgical provision. The National Forum on Surgery and Anaesthesia in South …

In 2005, John Ioannidis made the provocative claim that “It can be proven that most claimed
research findings are false.” 2 By “false” Ioannidis was not saying that the study was …

Background. Advanced airway management is a research priority in prehospital care. There
is a high burden of major trauma in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Province, South Africa (SA), and …

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer worldwide and the fourth most
common cause of cancer related deaths. 1 It is estimated that CRC is amongst the top five …