The Effect of Hypertension as a Comorbid Factor on the Length of Stay in Patients Undergoing Cholecystectomy
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https://doi.org/10.37506/ijfmt.v16i2.17915Keywords:
Cholelithiasis, Cholecystectomy, Hypertension, Length of StayAbstract
Background: One of the gold standard procedures for cholelithiasis is cholecystectomy. Cholecystectomy
has numerous variated Length of stay results relies upon every nation and medical clinic. Hypertension
is perhaps the most widely recognized comorbid factors and are thought to impact prolonged length of
stay.
Aim of Research: To study the effect of hypertension as a comorbid factor on the length of stay in patients
undergoing cholecystectomy in Dr. Ramelan Naval Hospital Surabaya from June 2019-September 2020.
Method of Research: This is an analytic descriptive research with retrospective study. The sampling
technique used in this research is total sampling. The data were collected from medical record data of
patients at the Internal Medicine and Digestive Surgery Polyclinic.
Result of Research: The number of patients who underwent cholecystectomy with hypertension
who underwent a length of stay > 5 days were 36 people (83.7%). The result from the Coefficient
Contingency test shows that there is a correlation between hypertension as a comorbid factor and the
length of stay (p<0,0001).
Conclusion: This research shows that there is comorbidity such as hypertension affects the length of
stay in cholecystectomy.
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