B B Osinaike

TL;DR: Despite lower baseline risk, outcomes were similar in low- and middle-income compared with high-income countries and should also address the need for safe perioperative care.

TL;DR: Despite a low-risk profile and few postoperative complications, patients in Africa were twice as likely to die after surgery when compared with the global average for postoperative deaths, and Initiatives to increase access to surgical treatments in Africa should be coupled with improved surveillance for deteriorating physiology in patients who develop postoperative complication.

TL;DR: Maternal mortality after caesarean delivery in Africa is 50 times higher than that of high-income countries and is driven by peripartum haemorrhage and anaesthesia complications, which is double the global average.

TL;DR: Patients exposed to a surgical safety checklist experience better postoperative outcomes, but this could simply reflect wider quality of care in hospitals where checklist use is routine.

TL;DR: The need for ventilatory or inotropic support may predict poor outcome in critically ill obstetric patients admitted to the intensive care unit, and full adoption of safe motherhood initiative would reduce obstetric ICU admissions.