Last Updated: 11/01/2023

Impact of peri-operative malaria screening and treatment on surgical outcomes at the Eastern Regional Hospital, Koforidua: a single-blind randomized controlled trial

Objectives

To determine impact of malaria screening and treatment on surgical outcomes of patients undergoing elective surgeries at the Eastern Regional Hospital, Koforidua.

Specific objectives:

To determine proportion of surgical patients with malaria parasitaemia before surgery.
To determine incidence of poor surgical outcomes (surgical site infection, post-op hemorrhage, readmission, and death) among patients.
To determine incidence of prolonged hospitalisation among post-surgical patients.
To determine impact of peri-operative malaria screening and treatment on the incidence of poor surgical outcomes.

Principal Institution

University of Ghana (UG), Ghana

Principal Investigators / Focal Persons

Foster Amponsah-Manu

Rationale and Abstract

Peri-operative malaria screening and treatment is not done routinely in the practice of surgery in Ghana. However, there have been reports from few cross-sectional studies revealing a link between peri-operative malaria infection and poor surgical outcomes in Ghana and other parts of the world. Meanwhile adverse surgical outcomes continue to pose significant socioeconomic burden on patients, families, communities and health systems globally particularly in low-middle-income countries like Ghana. The project seeks to determine impact of peri-operative malaria screening and treatment on outcomes of patients who undergoes elective surgeries at the Eastern Regional Hospital, Koforidua.

Study Design