APPRISE

African Partnership for Perioperative and Critical Care Research

APPRISE is a multinational research group with the goal of creating centers of research excellence, and improving the safety and effectiveness of perioperative and critical care across Africa.

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Projects Under Apprise

African Critical Illness Outcomes Study(ACIOS)

A prospective, multi-country, multi-centre, observational study to determine the hospital point-prevalence and mortality rates of adult patients with critical illness in acute hospitals in Africa. Exploring the vital links between critical illness, the provision of essential care and mortality rates in Africa.

Electronic healthcare registries

This mixed methods study aims to understand current views of stakeholders about the use of electronic healthcare registries to facilitate quality improvement, clinical benchmarking and research at local, regional, national and international levels of the healthcare system in Africa.

Community Engagement and Involvement (CEI)

Our goal is to foster meaningful community involvement at local and national levels. By collaborating, we aim to produce patient-centric research that explores critical illness perspectives from community members, critically ill patients, survivors, and their relatives.

5Rs to Rescue

A quality improvement and research project that aims to reduce post-operative mortality in Africa through increasing patient surveillance and timely response to deterioration using the ‘5Rs’: R-Risk assessment, R -Recognition, R- Response, R- Reassessment, R- Reflection.

The Rule of Thumb

A prospective, multi-center efficacy study of a bundled peri-operative care package to prevent and treat life-threatening intra- and postoperative maternal hemorrhage during or after caesarean section.