“Investigations on the Length of Hospital Stay of Orthopedic Patients – a study in a tertiary care hospital, Barisal, Bangladesh”
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2018, Vol 17, Issue 12
Abstract
Treatment of the injured patients takes lot of time and energy all over the world and more so in our country with limited resources and manpower. We conducted an observatory study in Barishal Medical College Hospital in Orthopaedic unit during the period from July 2016 to December 2016. All the indoor patients of Orthopaedics unit were included in the study. A total of 136 patients were studied. In a particular ward data regarding all the admitted patients were collected in a single day (point study). Particulars of the patients, diagnosis, length of hospital stay (on the particular day of data collection in each wards), and the causes of prolonged hospital stay were recorded in an audit data sheet by examining the hospital records and direct interview of the patients. Prolonged hospital stay is arbitrarily defined in the present study as more than 3 weeks of hospital stay. In patients who had undergone a definitive operative treatment, the lengths of preoperative delay and post operative hospital stay (on the day of data collection) were also recorded. Data regarding patients were analyzed and the lengths of hospital stay among the surgical units were determined. Finally the main causes of prolonged hospital stay were categorized broadly and their frequencies were determined.
Authors and Affiliations
Dr. Md. Abul Hossain, Dr. Anup Kumar Mazumder, Dr. Md. Abul Mostafizur Rahman, Dr. ATM Nurul Kabir, Dr. AKM Reaz Hossain Khan
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