Factors affecting length of hospital stay in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients in a tertiary hospital of Nepal: A retrospective cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite the increasing burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Nepal, studies analyzing the factors associated with inpatient length of hospital stay are lacking.

Methods

This is a retrospective, cross-sectional hospital-based study conducted between July 2020 and July 2021 on patients admitted to the inpatient ward of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine of Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital with a primary diagnosis of acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The sample size of our study was 90. Clinical and demographic factors, blood investigation parameters, and treatment received were analyzed via univariate and multivariate analysis to find the factors associated with length of stay.

Results

The mean age of chronic ob

SUBMITTER: Pokharel P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9422293 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature