Zachary Obinna Enumah

TL;DR: In this paper, a 3-step modified Delphi method involving a multidisciplinary expert panel of 6 relevant stakeholder groups (surgeons, pain specialists, outpatient surgical nurse practitioners, surgical residents, patients, and pharmacists) was used to develop consensus ranges for outpatient opioid prescribing at the time of discharge after 20 common procedures in 8 surgical specialties.

TL;DR: In the modern era, racial and sex disparities in mortality and postoperative morbidity after coronary bypass surgery persist with Black patients and female patients consistently experiencing worse outcomes than White male patients.

TL;DR: A framework for exploring the implications for unconscious bias in surgical education and best practices toward minimizing its impact is provided.

TL;DR: Hospital and facility attending populations of under-five children in and around Bagamoyo suffer moderately high rates of malnutrition, and hospital-based interventions should also be considered as centralized locations for reaching thousands of malnourished children under- five.

TL;DR: The use of palliative care among patients admitted for cancer, PC services were used in 8.5% of patients during their inpatient admission with surgical patients being 79% less likely to receive a PC consultation.