Malnutrition in the Outcome of Wound Healing at Public Hospitals in Bahir Dar City, Northwest Ethiopia: A Prospective Cohort Study

Table 3

Clinical features of adult patients who had undergone abdominal surgery at Bahir Dar City Public Hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia, 2019 (N = 310).

Variables	Categories	Frequency	Percentage (%)
Type of current surgery	Laparotomy	122	39.4
	Herniorrhaphy	60	19.4
	Appendectomy	73	23.5
	Cholecystectomy	36	11.6
	Others	19	6.1
Level of an intervening surgeon	IESO	21	6.8
	Resident	47	15.2
	Senior	242	78.1
Mode of surgery	Elective	151	48.7
	Emergency	159	51.3
Duration of the disease process	<Two weeks	162	52.3
	≥Two weeks	148	47.7
Acute illness in the last 1 month	Yes	115	37.1
	No	195	62.9
History of chronic comorbidities	Yes	39	12.6
	No	271	87.4
Type of chronic comorbidities	Malignancy	17	5.5
	Others^h	22	7.1
History of surgical intervention	Yes	8	2.6
	No	202	97.4
Type of patients current medication	NSAIDS	62	20.0
	Antibiotic	22	7.1
	Both	226	72.9

^gExcision and achalasia, ^htuberculosis and diabetic mellitus, HIV/ADIS, IESO: Integrated Emergency Surgical Officers.