Table 6 Post-operative care and hospital stay among patients undergone laparotomy surgery at tertiary hospitals, West Oromia, Ethiopia, 2022 (n = 512)
Variables | Category | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
Post-operative care following surgery | Surgical Ward | 483 | 94.33% |
PACU | 11 | 2.14% | |
ICU | 16 | 3.13% | |
Died before discharge from OR | 2 | 0.4% | |
ICU admission | Yes | 30 | 5.9% |
No | 482 | 94.1% | |
Length of post-op ICU stay(days) | ≤ 5days | 23 | 76.7% |
> 5 days | 7 | 23.3% | |
The overall length of hospital stay | < 14 days | 472 | 92.2% |
≥ 14 days | 40 | 7.8% | |
Presence of postoperative complications | Yes | 151 | 29.5% |
No | 361 | 70.5% | |
Types of post-operative complication | Haemorrhage | 17 | 11.2% |
Hospital acquired pneumonia | 15 | 9.9% | |
Intraabdominal complication | 23 | 15.2% | |
Wound site infection | 46 | 30.0% | |
Others | 51 | 33.7% | |
Status at discharge | Death | 38 | 7.42% |
Alive | 474 | 92.58% |