Factors Affecting Patients' Length of Stay in Intensive Care Unit Post Abdominal Surgery

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1 Nursing supervisor in elsaff general hospital Faculty of Nursing- Ain Shams University, Egypt

2 Assistant Professor of Critical Care & Emergency NursingFaculty of Nursing- Ain Shams University, Egypt

3 Lecture of Medical Surgical Nursing Faculty of Nursing- Ain Shams University, Egypt

10.21608/ejhc.2025.428824

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Background: After abdominal surgery a significant number of patient require admission to intensive care unit for close monitoring and specialized care. .Aim of the study: was to assess factor affecting patients' length of stay in intensive care unit post abdominal surgery. Design: A descriptive exploratory design was utilized in this study. Subject: A purposive sample of 80 conscious patients was recruited in this study. Setting: ICU In El Saff general hospital Giza, Egypt. Tool of data Collection: Tool I- Structural interview questionnaire, Tool II: Factor affecting Patients' length of Stay in Intensive Care Unit Post Abdominal Surgery, Tool III: postoperative wound care assessment. Result: indicated abdominal surgery was 55% among male patient's in age group 40<60 years old, 72.5% of the studied patient suffered from chronic disease, 60% of them had moderate pain and 27.5% of them had severe pain. There was positive statistically correlation between total postoperative wound care assessment and numerical pain rate among studied patient's post abdominal surgery at (p<0.001*). Conclusion: There were many factors affecting length of stay among the patient post abdominal surgery in ICU including; demographic data, medical data, physiological factors in addition to pain intensity and wound care assessment. Recommendation: Designing health educational program for patient undergoing abdominal surgery to enhance their health outcome.

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