Table 2 Health Status Assessment of patients undergoing emergency laparotomy, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Ghana

 Diarrhoea

6

5.9

2.50 ± 1.05 days

 Vomiting

57

55.9

2.42 ± 2.91 days

 Alcohol use

39

38.2

11.49 ± 10.09 years

 Hypertension

17

16.7

 Diabetes mellitus

4

3.9

 Hypertension + diabetes

4

3.9

 Asthma

2

2.0

 Diuretics (Loop and Thiazide)

9

8.8

 ACE inhibitors

2

2.0

 Acute & complicated appendix

22

21.6

 Intestinal obstruction

20

19.6

 Obstructed / strangulated hernia

28

27.5

 GIT perforation

13

12.7

 Intra-abdominal abscess

8

7.8

 Others

11

10.8