Department of Anaesthesia & Perioperative Medicine

Research Publications 2022

 

Peer-reviewed publications:

  1. APORG Caesarean Delivery Haemorrhage Group (2022), including Dyer RA and Biccard BM. Identifying interventions to reduce peripartum haemorrhage associated with caesarean delivery in Africa: A Delphi consensus study. PLOS Glob Public Health 2 (8): e0000455. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000455

  1. Bedwell GJ, Dias P, Hahnle L, Anaeli A, Baker T, Beane A, Biccard BM et al. Barriers to Quality Perioperative Care Delivery in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Qualitative Rapid Appraisal Study. Anesth Analg 2022 Aug 24. doi:10.1213/ANE.0000000000006113. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36005395

  1. Bedwell GJ, Scribante J et al, Biccard BM. Nurses' Priorities for Perioperative Research in Africa. Anesth Analg 2022 May 16. doi:10.1213/ANE.0000000000006060. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35550386.

  1. Biccard BM, Baker T, Mabedi D, Waweru-Siika W. The State of Critical Care Provision in Low-Resource Environments. Anesth Analg 2022; 134: 926-9. doi:10.1213/ANE.0000000000005885. PMID: 35427266.

  1. Borges FK, Devereaux PJ, Cuerden M, Biccard BM et al; HIP ATTACK-1 Investigators. Accelerated Surgery Versus Standard Care in Hip Fracture (HIP ATTACK-1): A Kidney Substudy of a Randomized Clinical Trial. Am J Kidney Dis. 2022; 26: S0272-6386(22)00551-0. doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2022.01.431.Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35346742.

  1. COVIDSurg Collaborative. Projecting COVID-19 disruption to elective surgery. Lancet 2022; 399 (10321): 233-234. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02836-1. Epub 2021 Dec 16. PMID: 34922640; PMCID: PMC8676422.

  1. Cronjé L, Torborg AM, Meyer HM, Bhettay AZ, incl., Cilliers C, Cloete E, Alphonsus CS,  Thomas J, Biccard BM; South African Paediatric Surgical Outcomes Study Investigators. An Evaluation of Severe Anesthetic-Related Critical Incidents and Risks from the South African Paediatric Surgical Outcomes Study: A 14-Day Prospective, Observational Cohort Study of Pediatric Surgical Patients. Anesth Analg 2022;134: 728-739. doi:10.1213/ANE.0000000000005796. PMID: 34928873.

  1. Garg AX, Cuerden M, Aguado H, Biccard BM et al. Effect of a Perioperative Hypotension-Avoidance Strategy Versus a Hypertension-Avoidance Strategy on the Risk of Acute Kidney Injury: A Clinical Research Protocol for a Sub study of the POISE-3 Randomized Clinical Trial. Can J Kidney Health Dis 2022; 9: 20543581211069225.

  1. GlobalSurg Collaborative and NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery (including Biccard BM). Effects of hospital facilities on patient outcomes after cancer surgery: an international, prospective, observational study. Lancet Glob Health;10(7):e1003-e1011. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(22)00168-1. Epub 2022 May 24. PMID: 35623378; PMCID: PMC9210173.

  1. Marcucci M, Painter TW, Conen D, et al. Rationale and design of the PeriOperative ISchemic Evaluation-3 (POISE-3): a randomized controlled trial evaluating tranexamic acid and a strategy to minimize hypotension in noncardiac surgery. Trials 2022; 23: 101.

  1. 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. Paediatr Anaesth 2020; 30(7): 759-765.

  1. Morton B, Vercueil A, Masekela R, Heinz E, Biccard B, et al. Consensus statement on measures to promote equitable authorship in the publication of research from international partnerships. Anaesthesia 2022; 77: 264-276.

  1. Nepogodiev D, Abbott TEF, Ademuyiwa AO, et al. Projecting COVID-19 disruption to elective surgery. The Lancet 2022; 399: 233-4.

  1. NIHR Global Research Health Unit on Global Surgery, incl. Biccard BM. Global guidelines for emergency general surgery: systematic review and Delphi prioritization process. BJS Open 2022; zrac005. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsopen/ zrac005.

  1. Oodit R, Biccard BM, Panieri E, Alvarez AO, Sioson MRS, Maswime S, Thomas V, Kluyts HL, Peden CJ, de Boer HD, Brindle M, Francis NK, Nelson G, Gustafsson UO, Ljungqvist O. Guidelines for Perioperative Care in Elective Abdominal and Pelvic Surgery at Primary and Secondary Hospitals in Low-Middle-Income Countries (LMIC's): Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society Recommendation. World J Surg 2022;46(8):1826-1843. doi: 10.1007/s00268-022-06587-w. Epub 2022 May 31. PMID: 35641574; PMCID: PMC9154207.

  1. Pari V; including Biccard BM. Collaboration for Research Implementation, Training in Critical Care, Asia Africa ‘CCAA’. Development of a quality indicator set to measure and

improve quality of ICU care in low- and middle-income countries. Intensive Care

Med 2022; 48: 1151-62. doi: 10.1007/s00134-022-06818-7.

  1. Patel J, Tolppa T, Biccard BM, Fazzini B, Haniffa R, Marletta D, Moonesinghe R, Pearse R, Vengadasalam S, Stephens TJ, Vindrola-Padros C. Perioperative Care Pathways in Low- and Lower-Middle-Income Countries: Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis. World J Surg 2022;46(9):2102-2113. doi:10.1007/s00268-022-06621-x. Epub 2022 Jun 22. PMID: 35731268; PMCID: PMC9334384.

  1. Paterson A, Cairncross L, Adams T, Biccard BM, S Maswime. Improving surgical and medical outcomes, beyond maternal mortality. S Afr J Obstet Gynaecol 2022; 27(1): 2-3.

  1. Paterson A, et al including Biccard BM. Postoperative outcomes associated with surgical care for women in Africa: an international risk-adjusted analysis of prospective observational cohorts. BJA Open 2022 4(C): 100100. Doi:10.1016/j. bjao.2022.100100.

  1. Stefani LC, Hajjar L, Biccard B, Pearse RM. The need for data describing the surgical population in Latin America. British Journal of Anaesthesia 2022; 129: 10-12.

  1. van der Merwe F, Vickery NJ, Kluyts HL, et al. Postoperative Outcomes Associated With Procedural Sedation Conducted by Physician and Nonphysician Anesthesia Providers: Findings From the Prospective, Observational African Surgical Outcomes Study. Anesth Analg 2022: 135 : 250-263. 10.1213/ANE.0000000000005819. Epub 2021 Dec 28. PMID: 34962901.

  1. Walpot J, Massalha S, Jayasinghe P, et al, incl Biccard B. Normalized Subendocardial Myocardial Attenuation on Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography Predicts Postoperative Adverse Cardiovascular Events: Coronary CTA VISION Substudy. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging 2022; 15: e012654.