The effect of perioperative malaria screening on surgical outcomes Surgery
Conditions
Interventions
After consent, an eligible participant will be randomly assigned to either screening or comparison group by a computer generated randomisation scheme. Numbers will be generated randomly and put in an
Sponsors
President's Malaria Initiative, USAID and National Malaria Control Programme
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Patient must be at least 6 months old, since under 6 months and congenital malaria are rare 2. Patient must undergo an elective surgical operation involving greater than or equal to 5cm skin incision 3. Patients who consent to participate in the trial
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Surgical patient with uncompensated comorbidities 2. Patient is undergoing surgery but had previous surgery in the last 30 days and beforetime of recruitment 3. Patient is undergoing surgery but has an active surgical site infection or any other surgical outcome from procedure that took place before time of recruitment
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Surgical outcomes measured weekly using patient records for a period of 30 days post-op: 1. Length of hospital stay 2. Development of surgical site infections 3. Hemorrhage 4. Readmission 5. Death | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| There are no secondary outcome measures | — |
Countries
Ghana
Outcome results
None listed