The association between preoperative anaemia and surgical mortality and morbidity in South African surgical patients

Background: In high-income countries, preoperative anaemia has been associated with poor postoperative outcomes. To date, no large study has investigated this association in South Africa. The demographics of South African surgical patients differ from those of the European and Northern American surg...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marsicano, Daniela
Other Authors: Hauser, N
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Health Sciences 2020
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/31104