A STUDY ON EFFECTIVE POST-OPERATIVE CARE IN EMERGENCY/ELECTIVE LSCS PATIENTS

Abstract

Aim:This study has the main objective to recognise the effectiveness of post-operative care for emergency/elective LSCS patients. Design:Cross-sectional study Methodology: Sample size:100 patients. Inclusion Criteria:Post-operative patients following Emergency/Elective LSCS. Procedure:The current study is a hospital based cross-sectional study conducted in a Tertiary Care hospital. It is a questionnaire based study. Informed consents were obtained from patients and only those who were willing to participate in the study were keenly observed during their postoperative period and the post-operative care given to them were noted.On the day of discharge patients were asked to fill the questionnaire which contains questions related to post-operative care following LSCS. Study duration:4 months. Results:The study population included 100 post operative participants following emergency or elective LSCS. On providing high skilled post operative care in a sequential manner , the patients improved symptomatically better without developing any post operative complications. It was also found that following proper post op care reduced morbidities and the duration of hospital stay. Conclusion:When proper post operative care is provided in a systematic way, the patient would improve symptomatically in a better manner. With proper post op care in hospital followed by regular follow ups we can prevent many post op complications including Surgical Site Infections , UTI , DVT , etc.