Surgical antibiotic prophylaxis in an era of antibiotic resistance: common resistant bacteria and wider considerations for practice

BD Menz, E Charani, DL Gordon… - Infection and Drug …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The increasing incidence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) presents a global crisis to
healthcare, with longstanding antimicrobial agents becoming less effective at treating and …

[HTML][HTML] Surgical site infection and costs in low-and middle-income countries: A systematic review of the economic burden

M Monahan, S Jowett, T Pinkney, P Brocklehurst… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background Surgical site infection (SSI) is a worldwide problem which has morbidity,
mortality and financial consequences. The incidence rate of SSI is high in Low-and Middle …

Elective surgery cancellations due to the COVID-19 pandemic: global predictive modelling to inform surgical recovery plans

Journal of British Surgery, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted routine hospital services globally. This
study estimated the total number of adult elective operations that would be cancelled …

Elective surgery cancellations due to the COVID‐19 pandemic: global predictive modelling to inform surgical recovery plans

CovidSurg Collaborative, D Nepogodiev… - British journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background The COVID‐19 pandemic has disrupted routine hospital services globally. This
study estimated the total number of adult elective operations that would be cancelled …

Elective cancer surgery in COVID-19–free surgical pathways during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: an international, multicenter, comparative cohort study

JC Glasbey, D Nepogodiev, JFF Simoes… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE As cancer surgery restarts after the first COVID-19 wave, health care providers
urgently require data to determine where elective surgery is best performed. This study …

[HTML][HTML] Global burden of postoperative death

D Nepogodiev, J Martin, B Biccard, A Makupe… - The Lancet, 2019 - thelancet.com
The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery1 identified that 313 million surgical procedures
are performed worldwide each year. Little is known about the quality of surgery globally …

[HTML][HTML] Global variation in postoperative mortality and complications after cancer surgery: a multicentre, prospective cohort study in 82 countries

SR Knight, CA Shaw, R Pius, TM Drake, L Norman… - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background 80% of individuals with cancer will require a surgical procedure, yet little
comparative data exist on early outcomes in low-income and middle-income countries …

[PDF][PDF] The WHO AWaRe (access, watch, reserve) antibiotic book

World Health Organization - 2022 - apps.who.int
There is a clear need for simple resources to improve the quality of antibiotic prescribing
globally. The AWaRe book was designed as a tool to make the antibiotics section of the …

[HTML][HTML] Worldwide incidence of surgical site infections in general surgical patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis of 488,594 patients

BM Gillespie, E Harbeck, M Rattray, R Liang… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Establishing worldwide incidence of general surgical site infections (SSI) is
imperative to understand the extent of the condition to assist decision-makers to improve the …

Ten years of the surgical safety checklist

TG Weiser, AB Haynes - Journal of British Surgery, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Ten years of the Surgical Safety Checklist | British Journal of Surgery | Oxford Academic
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