Factors associated with major electrolyte disorders among post cardiac surgery patients at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital and Cardiac Center Ethiopia in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2021

Autor: Selamawit Gebregzabher, Tigistu Gebreyohannis Gebretensaye, Tsion Alemu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, Vol 18, Iss , Pp 100556- (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2214-1391
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijans.2023.100556
Popis: Most patients undergoing cardiac surgery are at a greater risk of electrolyte disorders, which are important causes for ventricular and supra-ventricular arrhythmias as well as various other complications. Early identification of the common electrolyte disorder through serial monitoring is crucial during post-cardiac surgery periods.The aim was to assess the factors associated with major electrolyte disorders following cardiac surgery. A facility-based retrospective survey was conducted among 192 randomly selected patient records from a total of 352 cardiac surgical patients who underwent cardiac surgery between January 1st, 2016 to December 31st, 2020. The survey was conducted from February 01 to April 28, 2021. A structured data collection checklist tested for its reliability and content validity was adopted from similar studies to gather data. Data was entered and analyzed using statistical software, SPSS version 26.0. Descriptive statistics were used to describe participants’ characteristics and logistic regression was employed to examine the association between independent and outcome variables. The level of significance was determined at p-value
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