Reports, publications & lessons from the Audit
Reports
QASM Perspective Short Reports
Perspective Volume 3 - Anticoagulation and the older surgical patient -2023
Perspective Volume 2 - Better to have done a different procedure - 2022
Perspective Volume 1 - Decision to operate - 2021
Aspiration Pneumonia September 2021 (PDF 3.26MB) (PDF 3.26MB)
(PDF 3.26MB)Annual Report July 2015 - June 2020 (PDF 4.17MB)
(PDF 646.22KB)
Infections and surgical mortality 1 July 2011 - 30 July 2019 (PDF 646.22KB) (PDF 646.22KB)
(PDF 2.43MB)
#NOF in the very elderly patient 2018 (PDF 2.43MB) (PDF 2.43MB)
(PDF 5.41MB)
QASM Private Hospitals Infection Report 2017 (PDF 5.41MB) (PDF 5.41MB)
(PDF 602.32KB)
Infections Report 2017 (PDF 602.32KB) (PDF 602.32KB)
(PDF 3.69MB)
Annual Report 2007-2016 (PDF 3.69MB) (PDF 3.69MB)
(PDF 1.12MB)
Annual Summary Report 2007-2016 (PDF 1.12MB) (PDF 1.12MB)
(PDF 1.84MB)
Annual Report 2007-2015 (PDF 1.84MB) (PDF 1.84MB)
(PDF 351.81KB)
Annual Summary Report 2007-2015 (PDF 351.81KB) (PDF 351.81KB)
If you wish to see earlier reports please email a request to qasm@surgeons.org
Publications
Surgeons' Responses to a Surgical Mortality Audit: Accepting and Improving: A Cross Sectional Survey (PDF 420.11KB) (PDF 420.11KB) from the Journal of Surgical Research, October 2021
The associations of factors with previous alcohol use in the Northern Territory compared to other states - an observational study. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 2021 (PDF 382.43KB) (PDF 382.43KB)
Learning from Regret from BJS (PDF 333.72KB) Nov 2019
Post‐mortem general surgeon reflection on decision‐making: a mixed‐methods study of mortality audit data from ANZJSurg, August 2018
Processes of care in surgical patients who died with hospital-acquired infections in Australian hospitals (PDF 487.95KB) - from the Journal of Hospital Infection, May 2018
Snapshot of trauma laparotomy deaths in Queensland (PDF 259.48KB) (PDF 259.48KB)from ANZJSurg, January 2018
How participation in surgical mortality audit impacts surgical practice (PDF 390.71KB) (PDF 390.71KB)from BMC Surgery, 2017
Analysis of Patients Who Died Following Hartmann’s Procedure (PDF 117.24KB) (PDF 117.24KB) from AJMH, 2017
Clinical events reported by surgeons assessing their peers from American Journal of Surgery, May 2016
Surgical mortality audit data validity from Australia and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, Dec 2015
Surgical care for the aged: a retrospective cross-sectional study of a national surgical mortality audit from BMJ Open, Apr 2015
Perioperative Care Related Events are Different Following Elective and Emergency Right Hemicolectomy (PDF 269.31KB) (PDF 269.31KB) from BJMMR, 2015
Surgical mortality audit data validity (PDF 87.78KB) (PDF 87.78KB)from ANZ J Surg, 2015
Analysis of deficiencies in care following cholecystectomy (PDF 330.4KB) (PDF 330.4KB) from Journal of Visceral Surgery, 2015
Increasing Number of Comorbidities is Related to Delay to Surgical Management of a Perforated Peptic Ulcer in Patients who Died (PDF 272.12KB) (PDF 272.12KB) from BJMMR, 2015
Outcomes from the Northern Territory Audit of Surgical Mortality: Aboriginal deaths from ANZ J Surg, Nov 2014
Mortality Audit of Octogenarians With Acute Cholecystitis from ANZ J Surg, Aug 2014
Mortality from acute appendicitis is associated with complex disease and co-morbidity from ANZ J Surg, Jul 2014
Teleconference fracture clinics: a trial for rural hospitals (PDF 934.14KB) (PDF 934.14KB)by J. North
Analysis of the causes and effects of delay before diagnosis using surgical mortality data from British Journal of Surgery, Dec 2012
Online Surgical Mortality Audit Training Module: Reflections and recommendations (PDF 231.06KB) (PDF 231.06KB)
Lessons from the Audit
more recent issues via ANZASM Case Note Reviews
Lessons from the Audit Volume 1 (PDF 1.32MB)
Lessons from the Audit Volume 2 (PDF 2.35MB)
Lessons from the Audit Volume 3 (PDF 2.85MB)
Lessons from the Audit Volume 4 (PDF 2.16MB)
Lessons from the Audit Volume 5 (PDF 1.12MB)
Lessons from the Audit Volume 6 (PDF 1.29MB)
Lessons from the Audit Volume 7 (PDF 1.54MB)
Lessons from the Audit Volume 8 (PDF 1.77MB)
Lessons from the Audit Volume 9 (PDF 2.67MB)
Lessons from the Audit Volume 10 (PDF 3.13MB)
Lessons from the Audit Volume 11 (PDF 3.44MB)
Lessons from the Audit Volume 12 (PDF 3.45MB)
Lessons from the Audit Volume 13 (PDF 3.25MB)
Lessons from the Audit Volume 14 (PDF 4.57MB)
Lessons from the Audit Volume 15 (PDF 3.62MB)
Lessons from the Audit Volume 16 (PDF 3.39MB)
Lessons from the Audit Volume 17 (PDF 1.88MB)
Lessons from the Audit Volume 18 (PDF 972.38KB)
Lessons from the Audit Volume 19 (PDF 5.8MB)
Lessons from the Audit Volume 20 (PDF 2.14MB)
Lessons from the Audit Volume 21 (PDF 6.36MB)