Aims and Objectives: A retrospective study to determine In-hospital surgical mortality rate,
gender and age distribution of cases and operations associated with In-hospital surgical …

There is paucity of reports describing the pattern of surgical mortality in Nigeria. The aim of
this study was to determine the incidence and pattern of mortality associated with surgical …

Background There are many reports from different parts of the world addressing different
aspects of surgical mortality. There are few reports from our country, however, and most of …

Background: There is paucity of literatures on audit of mortality in the surgical units of tertiary
hospitals in the country. This has made the spectrum of mortality not to been known in some …

Background: In-hospital mortality data is an invaluable resource that has been employed
over the years to assess the quality of care provided to patients. Materials and Methods: A …

Aim: Perioperative deaths may be categorized into avoidable and non-avoidable. An audit of
such deaths should be carried out periodically with a view to improving the standard of …

AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL, NNEWI: Page 1 Nigerian Journal of Clinical
Practice June 2002, Vol.5 (1);61–63 MORTALITY IN THE ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY UNIT …

Mortality pattern in the surgical wards: A five year review... : International Journal of Surgery
Mortality pattern in the surgical wards: A five year review at Federal Medical Centre, Owerri …

Background: The perioperative mortality rate (POMR) has been recognized as a useful
indicator to measure surgical safety at an institutional or national level. The POMR can thus …

Background and objectives: It is established that 70% of morbidity and 75% of mortality in
the surgical accident and emergency (A and E) are due to trauma. However, non-trauma …