VALIDATION OF POSSUM, P-POSSUM AND THE SURGICAL RISK SCALE IN SURGICAL AUDIT OF PATIENTS UNDERGOING MAJOR GENERAL SURGICAL OPERATIONS IN HARARE.

VALIDATION OF POSSUM, P-POSSUM AND THE SURGICAL RISK SCALE IN SURGICAL AUDIT OF PATIENTS UNDERGOING MAJOR GENERAL SURGICAL OPERATIONS IN HARARE. - VALIDATION OF POSSUM, P-POSSUM AND THE SURGICAL RISK SCALE IN AUDIT OF PATIENTS UNDERGOING MAJOR GENERAL SURGICAL OPERATIONS IN HARARE.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000034455

Enrollment

166

Registered

2018-10-12

Start date

2015-01-14

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Risk Scores

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All General Surgery patients aged 18 years and above undergoing a minimum of a major surgical procedure

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients below the age of 18 years. Any patient managed conservatively. Any patient operated by a registrar with less than 2 years of surgical training. Day cases and any procedure categorised as minor. More than 1 missing result. Any patient requiring admission into a critical care unit post operatively but failed because of shortage of beds.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Measuring actual 30 day Mortality and comparing it to the expected	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Measuring actual30 day morbidity and comparing it to the expected.	—

Countries

Africa

Contacts

Public ContactAllan Ngulube

University of Zimbabwe Department of Surgery

drngulube@gmail.com+263773364652

Outcome results