Perioperative registries in resource-limited settings: The way forward for Pakistan Authors Usama Waqar Aga Khan University Shaheer Ahmed Year 2 MBBS Student, Medical College, Islamabad Medical & Dental College, Islamabad, Pakistan Ayesha Nasir Hameed Year 3 MBBS Student, Medical College, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan Namrah Aziz Year 3 MBBS Student, Medical College, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan Hina Inam Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan DOI: https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.AKU-24 Abstract Capable of improving surgical quality, perioperative registries can allow performance benchmarking, reliable reporting and the development of risk-prediction models. Well established in high-income countries, perioperative registries remain limited in lower- and middle-income countries due to several challenges. First, ensuring comprehensive data entry forums to power the registries is difficult because of limited electronic medical records requiring sustained efforts to develop and integrate theseinto practice. Second, lack of adequate expertise and resources to develop and maintain registry software necessitates the involvement of software developers and information technology personnel. Third, case ascertainment and item completion are challenging secondary to poor-quality medical records and high lossto- follow-up rates, requiring telemedicine initiatives as anadjunct to existing care for the assessment of postdischarge outcomes. Continuous... Downloads Full Text Article Published 2022-02-08 How to Cite Waqar, U., Shaheer Ahmed, Ayesha Nasir Hameed, Namrah Aziz, & Hina Inam. (2022). Perioperative registries in resource-limited settings: The way forward for Pakistan. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 72(01). https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.AKU-24 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Issue Vol. 72 No. 01 (2022): 7th AKU Annual Surgical Conference Section SPECIAL COMMUNICATION