Perioperative medicine & outcomes
Predictors of morbidity and mortality among elderly patients undergoing emergency exploratory laparotomy at regional referral hospitals in Uganda: a multi-centre prospective study
Authors' conclusion
The rates of morbidity were high.
Study context
- Population
- Elderly patients (≥ 65 years) undergoing emergency exploratory laparotomy at Jinja, Lira, Hoima and Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospitals, Uganda
- Participants
- 86 patients
- Outcome
- Morbidity (complications: hemorrhage, surgical site infection, DVT, respiratory complications) and mortality
- Follow-up
- 30 days post-operatively
Methodological detailsobservational, multicentre
- Observational
- Multicentre
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Complications and mortality · 30 days
- Complications
- 25.6%
- Mortality
- 10.5%
- Age > 80 years, DM or hypertension and perforation associated with complications (multivariable)
- P < 0.05
- Delayed presentation to hospital and blood transfusion associated with mortality (multivariable)
- P < 0.05
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Predictors of morbidity and mortality among elderly patients undergoing emergency exploratory laparotomy at regional referral hospitals in Uganda: a multi-centre prospective study. Perioper Med (Lond). Published 26 November 2025. doi:10.
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