Perioperative medicine & outcomes
Factors associated with early inhospital adverse outcome following surgery for acute appendicitis in Uganda: a multicenter cohort
Study context
- Population
- Patients undergoing surgery for acute appendicitis at 4 regional referral hospitals in Uganda
- Participants
- 102 patients
- Outcome
- Early inhospital adverse outcomes:
- Complications during admission
- Length of hospital stay
Methodological detailsmulticentre
- Multicentre
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Factors associated with complications and prolonged hospital stay (Poisson regression)
Adjusted relative risk (CI)P value
Anemia (Hb < 8)complications
1.376(1.159–1.634)
P = < 0.001Perforated appendixcomplications
1.263(1.026–1.555)
P = 0.027HIV positiveprolonged hospital stay
1.379(1.105–1.721)
P = 0.005Perforated appendixprolonged hospital stay
1.258(1.019–1.554)
P = 0.033- Post-operative complications
- 21(20.6%)
- Surgical site infection
- 19(18.6%)
- Median LOS, days (IQR = 3-4)
- 3
- Hospital stay >3 days
- 43(42.2%)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Factors associated with early inhospital adverse outcome following surgery for acute appendicitis in Uganda: a multicenter cohort. Perioper Med (Lond). Published 3 June 2024. doi:10.
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