How screening for and treating malaria before surgery affect the overall outcome of surgical patients

Not Applicable

• Conditions: The effect of perioperative malaria screening on surgical outcomes; Surgery

• Registration Number: ISRCTN15551514
• Lead Sponsor: President's Malaria Initiative, USAID and National Malaria Control Programme

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2022-10-17
• Last Update Posted: 31 October 2022
• Study Completion: 2022-11-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Ongoing
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 350

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

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> Surgical outcomes measured weekly using patient records for a period of 30 days post-op:<br> 1. Length of hospital stay<br> 2. Development of surgical site infections<br> 3. Hemorrhage<br> 4. Readmission<br> 5. Death<br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
There are no secondary outcome measures