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ArticleJournal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.)2023

In-hospital mortality and length of stay of patients with hypertensive crisis treated at public hospitals in Harari Regional State, Eastern Ethiopia.

Natanim Degefu, Dumessa Edessa, Melaku Getachew, Aboma Motuma, Lemma Demissie Regassa

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Article in Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Natanim DegefuDepartment of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, College of Health and Medical Sciences, Haramaya University, Harar, Ethiopia.ORCID 0000-0001-8727-8950
Dumessa EdessaDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, College of Health and Medical Sciences, Haramaya University, Harar, Ethiopia.
Melaku GetachewDepartment of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Health and Medical Sciences, Haramaya University, Harar, Ethiopia.
Aboma MotumaSchool of Nursing and Midwifery, College of Health and Medical Sciences, Haramaya University, Harar, Ethiopia.
Lemma Demissie RegassaDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, College of Health and Medical Sciences, Haramaya University, Harar, Ethiopia.

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Abstract

Hypertensive crisis poses substantial cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to assess in-hospital mortality, length of stay (LOS), and their predictors among patients with hypertensive crisis treated at public hospitals in Harari Regional State, Eastern Ethiopia. An institutional-based retrospective cohort study was conducted from October 1 to 31, 2022. The medical records of 328 patients with hypertensive crisis treated at two public hospitals between September 1, 2017 and August 31, 2022 were reviewed. Cox proportional hazards regression and negative binomial regression were used to identify predictors of in-hospital mortality and LOS, respectively. The in-hospital mortality rate of patients with hypertensive crisis was 18.94 (95% confidence interval (CI): 12.08-29.70) per 1000 person-day observation. The median (interquartile range) LOS of these patients was 10 (4-120) hours. Age ≥65 years (adjusted hazard ratio (AHR): 3.30; 95% CI: 1.17- 9.33); increment in initial systolic blood pressure (AHR: 1.040; 95% CI: 1.014-1.066); and having acute brain-related damage (AHR: 4.02; 95% CI: 1.48-10.88) were predictors of in-hospital mortality. Rural residence (adjusted incident-rate ratio (IRR): 1.34; 95% CI: 1.03-1.75); having a history of medication discontinuation (adjusted IRR: 1.59; 95% CI: 1.16-2.18); comorbidity (adjusted IRR: 1.90; 95% CI: 1.49-2.43); acute brain-related damage (adjusted IRR: 13.32; 95% CI: 9.22-19.24), acute cardiac-related damage (adjusted IRR: 7.40; 95% CI: 4.90-11.16); and acute kidney injury (adjusted IRR: 7.64; 95% CI: 5.46-10.69) were predictors of LOS. Thus, it is necessary to develop strategies that allow early screening and follow-up of patients at risk.

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Hospital MortalityHypertensionLength of StayAdultAgedBlood PressureEthiopiaFemaleHospitals, PublicHumansHypertensive CrisisMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsEastern Ethiopiahypertensive crisisin-hospital mortalitylength of staypublic hospitals

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