Incidence and predictors of perioperative mortality in a low-resource country, Ethiopia: a prospective follow-up study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to assess the incidence and identify predictors of perioperative mortality among the adult age group at Tibebe Ghion Specialised Hospital.

Design

A single-centre prospective follow-up study.

Setting

A tertiary hospital in North West Ethiopia.

Participants

We enrolled 2530 participants who underwent surgery in the current study. All adults aged 18 and above were included except those with no telephone.

Primary outcome measures

The primary outcome was time to death measured in days from immediate postoperative time up to the 28th day following surgery.

Result

A total of 2530 surgical cases were followed for 67 145 person-days. There were 92 deaths, with an incidence rate of 1.37 (95% CI 1.11 to 1.68) deaths per 1000 person

SUBMITTER: Endeshaw AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10163475 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature