Postoperative hospital stay and associated factors among adult surgical patients at a specialized hospital in Ethiopia
Mihret Kefie, Addisu Getie, Abebe Dilie Afenigus, Baye Tsegaye Amlak, Mengistu Abebe Messelu, Setarg Ayenew Birhanie, Zinaw Beyene · 2025
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Mihret Kefie and co-authors measured how long surgical patients stay in hospital after their operations at a specialized hospital in Ethiopia in 2025, and what stretches that stay. Long stays raise infection risk and block beds for others, yet local data were scarce.
The study covered 515 adult patients picked at set intervals over one season. The middle stay was five days, and about twenty-nine percent stayed longer than most patients with the same operation. Low blood counts before surgery nearly quadrupled the odds of a long stay. Slow first walking, chest infection caught in hospital, and surgical site problems also stretched stays. The authors urge faster walking after surgery and tighter infection control.
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| CREATOR | Mihret Kefie, Addisu Getie, Abebe Dilie Afenigus, Baye Tsegaye Amlak, Mengistu Abebe Messelu, Setarg Ayenew Birhanie, Zinaw Beyene |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 27 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |