ArticleEthiopian journal of health sciences2020
Magnitude and Pattern of Inpatient Surgical Mortality in a Tertiary Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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- Pre-Therapeutic Assessment of Older People in Sub-Saharan Africa: Introduction to the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Preoperative patient teaching practices and associated factors among nurses working at hospitals in West Shoa Zone, Ethiopia, 2022: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Perioperative mortality of emergency and elective surgical patients in a low-income country: a single institution experience.Perioperative medicine (London, England) · 2023Article
- Incidence and predictors of perioperative mortality in a low-resource country, Ethiopia: a prospective follow-up study.BMJ open · 2023Article
- Compliance with the World Health Organization's surgical safety checklist and related postoperative outcomes: a nationwide survey among 172 health facilities in Ethiopia.Patient safety in surgery · 2022Article
- Mortality audit in general surgery unit and lessons learned at a Nigerian tertiary hospital: a single centre observational study.The Pan African medical journal · 2022Observational
- Magnitude of post-operative mortality and associated factors among patients who underwent surgery in Wolaita Sodo teaching and referral hospital, SNNPR region, Ethiopia.African health sciences · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundInpatient mortality is among regularly collected data in Key performance indicators in the Ethiopian healthcare system, and it is generally reported to the Federal Ministry of Health and is used as one of inpatient services quality indicators. This study was undertaken to identify the magnitude, causes and pattern of mortalities among patients who are admitted and treated in surgical wards in Saint Paul Hospital Millennium Medical College for a period of three years.
methodsA retrospective review was done on all patients admitted and died in the Department of Surgery in St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College from January 1, 2016-Dec 30, 2018.
resultThere were 10,259 admissions over three years and out of which there were 350 deaths between 2016-2018 making a crude mortality rate of 3.41 %. The commonest mode of admission was for emergency conditions, 195(62.7%). Out of emergency admissions, 139 mortalities were from general emergency surgery and 75 patients died from elective general surgery admissions. Eighty-four (26.9%) patients had comorbidity and the commonest comorbidity was anemia 21(25%). The commonest possible cause of death was multi-organ failure secondary to septic shock, 159(51%). Mortality rate patterns along the three years (2016, 2017, 2018) showed 3.34% (112/3360), 2.87% (102/3552) and 2.92% (98/3347) respectively.
conclusionThe mortality rate of this study is much higher than global rates, but still there is a significant difference from other developing countries and also other researches in this country. Pattern of mortality did not show any difference across years of the study period.
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